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ArcLite - Arc Ported to JavaScript

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Re: ArcLite - Arc Ported to JavaScript

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It'd be interesting to see this profiled against the canonical implementation. I wouldn't be surprised if a v8-as-target Arc outperformed one targeting MZScheme, not to mention if the the coming server-side JS wave really materializes this would give Arc access to stuff emerging there, much like Clojure lives in the Java world.

It seems that PLT Scheme it is still twice as fast, at least according to this language shootout. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all...

Re: ArcLite - Arc Ported to JavaScript

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post #11
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think most people who "hate javascript", dislike working with the DOM, is that true for you? I personally think javascript is a pretty simple & beautiful language. It has its warts, but so does ruby, python, and other dynamic languages.

Yes I dislike the DOM. Maybe I it's that JS is TOO simple (or not simple enough?). I find myself having to constantly match brackets and braces. And the browsers provide little help in the area of syntax checking. Yes, I'm aware of Firebug; it's nice (although it seems to have gotten buggier).

You could try JSlint for syntax checking.

Re: ArcLite - Arc Ported to JavaScript

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post #16

It'd be interesting to see this profiled against the canonical implementation. I wouldn't be surprised if a v8-as-target Arc outperformed one targeting MZScheme, not to mention if the the coming server-side JS wave really materializes this would give Arc access to stuff emerging there, much like Clojure lives in the Java world.

It seems that PLT Scheme it is still twice as fast, at least according to this language shootout. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all...

Also

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/compare.php?lang=mzsch...

Re: ArcLite - Arc Ported to JavaScript

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post #11
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think most people who "hate javascript", dislike working with the DOM, is that true for you? I personally think javascript is a pretty simple & beautiful language. It has its warts, but so does ruby, python, and other dynamic languages.

Yes I dislike the DOM. Maybe I it's that JS is TOO simple (or not simple enough?). I find myself having to constantly match brackets and braces. And the browsers provide little help in the area of syntax checking. Yes, I'm aware of Firebug; it's nice (although it seems to have gotten buggier).

I do wish more IDEs would integrate JSLint. I even put it into my iPhone PHP IDE Mides.
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