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Gnome Goes JavaScript
mikejuk writes "Much to most programmers' shock and dismay Gnome has made JavaScript its main language for apps. It will still support other languages and it still supports C for libraries, but for apps it is JavaScript that rules. JavaScript seems to be a good choice for Gnome 3, as the shell UI is written in the language. It is also consistent with the use of JavaScript in WinRT, Chrome Apps, and FirefoxOS apps, and generally the rise of web apps. As you might expect, the initial reactions are of horror at the idea that JavaScript has been selected rather than the favorite language of the commenter. There is a great deal of ignorance about (and prejudice against) JavaScript, which is often regarded as an incomplete toy language rather than the elegant and sparse language that it actually is."
Some body misplaced a calendar?
Aprils Fools is in two months time.
Its clear that x86 asm is the predfered language for noobs to write proper Gnome Apps.
You could argue C gives you all the rope you need as well.
C gives you all the rope you could ever want, wraps it wround your neck and encourages you to run very fast across a long, wobbly plank.
Oh, and don't forget to free() the rope when you're done with it.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Because then people would be bitching endlessly about The Whitespace Thing, whereas JS has the curly braces that God and Dennis Ritchie intended.
At this point, I can only envision somebody at the head of Gnome saying, "Dammit, people are still using Gnome! Well, what else can we do to kill this thing?"