Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by munificent 4370 days ago
> Dart in Chrome?

We're working on it! Having two language virtual machines with objects that can contain references to each other is quite technically challenging. There's a bunch of work to be done to address that[1]. Along the way, we're working with the larger Chrome team to address any other requirements they have.

> Dart on Android?

The Dart VM does run on Android right now [2]. My understanding is that the performance is impressive relative to Dalvik/ART, though don't quote me on that.

[1]: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink... [2]: https://code.google.com/p/dart/wiki/Android

> Will the Dart IDE look correctly on Windows 8 high-dpi devices?

Aside from the splash screen, it looks nice and sharp on my retina Mac.

> In fact, what is the future of Dart? Is it just a complement to browser-based JavaScript?

We're working to make it a comprehensive web language, both client and server-side.
2 comments
ahoge 4370 days ago
An interesting advantage compared to Dalvik (or the JVM) is the ability to make use of SIMD. If your bottleneck would benefit from SIMD, you can gain quite a lot.

It does of course require some additional work, but thanks to operator overloading it looks fairly nice.

link
macspoofing 4370 days ago
>Aside from the splash screen, it looks nice and sharp on my retina

Heh, I believe it, but it is a bit of a mess on high-dpi Windows 8 machines (e.g. Lenovo Yoga 2 pro). Some elements get scaled, some don't, and the entire thing looks broken. It is functional, just ugly.

link