I feel sorry for the people who need this.
JavaScript right on the hardware
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#12This is precisely what I wanted to work with.
Why? Because it uses JavaScript? I'd rather stick with my Arduino and use C. I don't get the whole "JavaScript Everywhere" meme, I'd rather use almost any other modern language (note the almost).
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#13Forgive me for not being hip but why try so hard to put JS in new places? It seems to be just an unfortunate historical accident that JS is one of the most popular languages in the world - does anyone actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages? Could we invest in CoffeeScript instead, at the very least?
My thoughts exactly, instead of killing it off or at least limiting it to the browser, we're trying to shove that abomination everywhere. This is sad.
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#14Forgive me for not being hip but why try so hard to put JS in new places? It seems to be just an unfortunate historical accident that JS is one of the most popular languages in the world - does anyone actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages? Could we invest in CoffeeScript instead, at the very least?
JavaScript is my favorite programming language. It's not perfect, but still. (Other languages I know: Ruby, Python, Java, Go, Scheme, C, Erlang).
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#15From the title I expected the CPU to actually run JavaScript, like a certain decades old computer (of which name I can't recall).
Java, maybe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation
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#16So much negativity in this thread & on HN in general. Not everyone has hardware experience, and this looks great for newcomers.
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#17Forgive me for not being hip but why try so hard to put JS in new places? It seems to be just an unfortunate historical accident that JS is one of the most popular languages in the world - does anyone actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages? Could we invest in CoffeeScript instead, at the very least?
Because JavaScript runtimes are the best dynamic language VMs by a long shot.
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#18Forgive me for not being hip but why try so hard to put JS in new places? It seems to be just an unfortunate historical accident that JS is one of the most popular languages in the world - does anyone actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages? Could we invest in CoffeeScript instead, at the very least?
Because JavaScript runtimes are the best dynamic language VMs by a long shot.
The JVM would like to have a word with you.
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#19Forgive me for not being hip but why try so hard to put JS in new places? It seems to be just an unfortunate historical accident that JS is one of the most popular languages in the world - does anyone actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages? Could we invest in CoffeeScript instead, at the very least?
Of all the great languages out there... we had to choose Javascript.
It's a shame, would love to see more Smalltalk posts.
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#20Forgive me for not being hip but why try so hard to put JS in new places? It seems to be just an unfortunate historical accident that JS is one of the most popular languages in the world - does anyone actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages? Could we invest in CoffeeScript instead, at the very least?
CoffeeScript is JS. And to be more honest and judgemental, CoffeeScript is the sweeter-but-poorly-documented Javascript.
The reason people are attempting to put javascript everywhere is because they can and because others enjoy it. And those who do enjoy JS, know what parts of JS are to be avoided at all costs. And I actually like it compared to other modern scripting languages for two reasons:(1) I don't have to worry about whether my end-user will have to worry about installing 100 dependencies to consume my code/service (2) I can choose how robust my setup is (Closure Compiler) or how sweet (CoffeeScript), and spend time sharing my setup with others who like the language instead of using proverbial sarcasm on topics about languages that I don't want to use.