Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client

derGoldstein writes "This year Microsoft kept signaling that it's going back to lower-level code with a C++ renaissance. It would give C++ programmers the same priority that was, up until now, reserved for .Net programmers. They even launched a new show about it on their Channel9. Now Google wants to appeal to native programmers with their Native Client for Chrome. It seems the two companies want to cover both the higher-level JavaScript and lower-level C/C++. I dare hope this will give seasoned C/C++ programmers a place alongside JavaScript programmers at the web development table."

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Yeah, I'm so excited

[AdmiralXyz]

I dare hope this will give seasoned C/C++ programmers a place alongside JavaScript programmers at the web development table.

Yeah, nothing thrills me more than the prospect of a language with absolutely no memory safety or bounds checking being exposed to the public Internet. What could possibly go wrong?

Re:C++ Making its way to the web?

[YodasEvilTwin]

There is no native client standard. They can't break compatibility by adding completely new features unrelated to anything else. They'll just result in web games etc. that only work in Chrome. It's like saying that Apple is "breaking compatibility" by making apps that don't work in Windows.

Re:C++ Making its way to the web?

[sqlrob]

C++ on the web. That worked so well last time