Time to apply for a 20M dollar loan to buy a semi supercomputer in order to run skype, slack and office all together. Any remarks on cray supercomputers?
Err yeah, get your three phase power fitted now :)
Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript
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#112I for one welcome our new Libre Office overlords.
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#113It says that the the JavaScript is compiled to native code. That's not something you get from React Native today is it? Have they implemented a new native code compiler for JavaScript? I wonder what compiler technology it uses.
This is right, its more nativeish apis and webview for UI and friends. Worthy Snipe and misinformation on my part in thread.
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#114Ugggh :( I miss my old Outlook 2013. Outlook 2016 is so slow it can’t keep up wirh my typing. I thought it already was javascript. Guess it will be even slower still. Super! (not)
Really the choice of language is unlikely to be the cause of any slowness you are experiencing in different versions. JS can be faster than a native experience, all depends on program architecture. The main JS engines are blazing fast and a low-latency UI is perfectly possible; sluggishness is not a sacrifice you must accept when coding in nearly any language in 2018. But bad practices in any language can lead to a poor user experience.
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#115The tweet that the OP is quoting/responding to is interesting: https://mobile.twitter.com/jdgarciauc3m/status/1005768121230... > Tip of the day. > Scripting languages as first programming language for CS bachelors are WRONG. You are not able to write an OS, a DBMS, or even an Office suite with an scripting language. I honestly thought this was a satire tweet. I guess I just don't associate even a CS bachelor's degree…
At least here in the UK, all high-quality CS courses emphasise a functional language in the first year. The rigour and purity is important for teaching abstract concepts.
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#116Hi there, original tweeter here. Just to clarify: no one said when this work would land, simply that we are working on it! Sorry to disappoint XD, but I guess blame the OP.
Happy to take the blame :) It was too interesting a tidbit not to share though.
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#118I wonder how much of global warming is caused by inefficient code written in higher level languages requiring more powerful hardware to run. It might be infinitesimal but still non-zero.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a "real" language, it's just not a terribly good or fast one. It's works decently when its use is limited to what it was made for: manipulating web pages. For anything else, the "designed on the back of a used piece of toilet paper" starts to shine through. And no, a JIT can't save you from this, it can only make things acceptable. That it can create "real world value" is an extremely low bar, which is passed by…
>it's just not a terribly good or fast one From everything I've seen, its performance sits just below Java (4x slower, perhaps) on some standard algorithms or tasks, and significantly faster than languages like Ruby, Python, etc.. I never see hate for those languages like for JS, so I'll disregard that. >not terribly good This one never has made sense. What is it missing that makes you hate it so? I think it has rath…
What creates hostility is the sentiment of being forced to use a bad language. There are many alternatives to python or php but none really to javascript (transpilers hacks apart). Webassembly might change that.
The only other language that I have seen generating as much hostility is vb6, and also I believe because some developpers found themselves forced to use it.
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#120I want to see a breakdown of resource usage (RAM, CPU, etc.) before I cry too loudly. Office 2016 is a beast, so here's hoping (but not holding my breath) that they'll improve on it.