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would you write web app with this? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I guess the internet just grew that fast. The first arrival took all and locked everybody in.

Now, we have just two browsers that are widely used, so maybe we do have an opportunity to go back and fix it. Go sounds like it's a pretty popular choice for statically typed, imperative high-level language.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, given the context of a browser, Javascript's "Everything is better than crashing" philosophy does not seem too out-of-place. Yes, the website might break, but at least it would be theoretically usable still.

Yes, a statically typed language would help, but I'd rather not have one that is "these two types are slightly different, fuck you, have a segfault", but rather one that is slightly more flexible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Actually, that's a good point, in scripting fatal type errors can happen at runtime. I guess Python is the right choice then, given it's maturity and popularity, and then you can code the complex stuff in whatever you want via WASM like other people mentioned.