[dba-Tech] A new compiled JavaScript?

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 19 22:51:53 CDT 2013


On 2013-03-19 10:03 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote:
> Didn't Microsoft just announce they are removing messenger capabilities from Skype
>> Google has just dropped Google Docs
> Wait... when did this happen? I haven't heard of this.

I thought they'd just dropped support for old MS Office formats?

PB

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> - Hans
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> On 2013-03-19, at 7:12 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shamil:
>>
>> An aside: I have always been a little apprehensive of either Microsoft's or
>> Google's commitment to any type of programming environment as they may pull
>> support at a moments notice for any number of reasons.
>>
>> <rant on>
>> They sometimes just create an application for training purposes of their
>> staff, or because of some GPL licensing agreement, or to muddy the waters of
>> another competitor, or on some wild prospecting adventure. Then they may
>> just pull or drop the program as it may be challenging their high-end
>> products, or they loose interest, or a application no longer fits their new
>> model.
>>
>> That is why, no matter how interested I am in any application that either
>> make; I always find myself looking for a quick exit if or when they bale,
>> yet again.
>>
>> Didn't Microsoft just announce they are removing messenger capabilities from
>> Skype, I guess to many were using it instead of their other Messenger. Then
>> they are dropping Windows 8 support from their phones, just like
>> Silverlight. Google has just dropped Google Docs and RSS feeds for anyone
>> but their paying customers...Most of Google translation functionality has
>> gone. Google has been making great strides designing on top of open GPL
>> products and now is trying apply charges to their efforts.
>>
>> Then Microsoft has been censured because they have left an backdoor into
>> their Skype that any government can use...I understand it is a big problem
>> in Russia. Then the ECM is threatening to out right ban Google's Glass
>> project unless they will absolutely guarantee privacy for the users.
>>
>> Both are becoming more untrustworthy but the day.
>> <rant off>
>>
>> It is now so hard to know which way to go in product development.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov
>> Shamil
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:17 PM
>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new compiled JavaScript?
>>
>> Hi Jim --
>>
>> Thank you for your link.
>>
>> Concerning your question: "No, I haven't worked with DART."
>>
>> Quick googling gives:
>>
>> Douglas Crockford, when asked about Dart during his Programming Style and
>> Your Brain lecture, replied: "So, I've thought for a long time ... if I
>> could take a clean sheet of paper and write [a new language] that retains
>> all the goodness of [Javascript] ... I would not have come up with anything
>> like Dart."  (Source:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_(programming_language ) ) Resume: if not
>> pure JavaScript (with jQuery etc.) then go TypeScript (
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypeScript ) not DART. :)
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -- Shamil
>>
>>
>> Вторник, 19 марта 2013, 11:15 -07:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>> Has anyone seen or worked with the Dart product? It looks interesting in
>>> that it allows a developer to design in a structured language and then it
>>> compiles to standard HTML5 JavaScript code.
>>>
>>> http://www.dartlang.org/
>>>
>>> Jim
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