More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript

I'm Not There (1956) writes "Last week the news came in that Google is supposed to unveil 'Dart,' a new programming language for browser-based apps. Now an internal email from late last year describes this project as the 'high risk/high reward' path [of Google's browser development strategy]. Apps in this new language will run in a VM on browsers that support it, and can be translated to JS for other browsers. 'Performance, developer usability, and ability to be tooled' are the main characteristics of the language." The email notes that Google will be working on ECMAScript Harmony in the near term, but they describe the project as ultimately doomed by "fundamental problems" with ECMAScript. It's interesting that Google took part in abandoning ECMAScript 4, which would have been almost fully backward compatible with current implementations while solving most of the "fundamental problems" Google claims require a brand new language to fix.

Comments

Re:-yawn-

[North Korea]

CoffeeScript has a better probability in succeeding too. No one in their sane minds would start using some test project from Google after all the canceled and abandoned projects. At least JavaScript has actual support and standards behind it, and it's widely supported. Google will probably just kill off this project a little after you've spent good amount of time learning and getting used to it and implementing it in your projects. With JavaScript (and CoffeeScript) you won't just some day come to slashdot and see Google's announcement how they've decided to discontinue the project to spend time on something better and newer.

Re:Well You're Missing Out, Man

[BitZtream]

but I ended up going with Ruby on Rails.

You do realize from this point on, anyone with half a clue already realizes you don't have even half, right?

Re:they should just create GLang

[NeutronCowboy]

Aw, I hurt your shilly little feelings, and now you have to resort to completely unrelated analogies to make your case. Oh, and it's easy to spot someone who doesn't believe or can't cope with what they're writing, because their writing style goes down the drain. Just an FYI for the next time you try to burnish your "I hate everybody equally" credentials.

Go get a new handle, this one's burned.