Comments on: JavaScript - finally, the name makes sense http://pauldowman.com/2006/11/17/javascript-on-the-jvm/ Software Developer Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeremy Dunck http://pauldowman.com/2006/11/17/javascript-on-the-jvm/#comment-7 Jeremy Dunck Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:16:18 +0000 http://pauldowman.com/2006/11/17/javascript-on-the-jvm/#comment-7 "Brandon Eich" It's Brendan Eich, actually. “Brandon Eich”
It’s Brendan Eich, actually.

]]> By: Ryan http://pauldowman.com/2006/11/17/javascript-on-the-jvm/#comment-4 Ryan Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:00:52 +0000 http://pauldowman.com/2006/11/17/javascript-on-the-jvm/#comment-4 Just a note - Scala can be compiled or interpreted, and can be run "dynamically" just like any other interpreted language. In reality all those interpreted languages are going through a bytecode compile phase anyways, they're just making the interface to it invisible to you. Languages like Scala win in my book by allowing either form (compile to .class or interpret directly). Anyways, it's good to see Java embracing JavaScript, rather than the other way around. For a while it looked like Brandon Eich was taking ECMAScript in a direction that made it more like Java (class rather than prototype OO model, static type annotations, more Java-like syntax), which I think is unfortunate. The language on its own has a certain level of elegance, and should never have ever been seen as "Java's little brother" or "that annoying language for web pages." Just a note - Scala can be compiled or interpreted, and can be run “dynamically” just like any other interpreted language. In reality all those interpreted languages are going through a bytecode compile phase anyways, they’re just making the interface to it invisible to you. Languages like Scala win in my book by allowing either form (compile to .class or interpret directly).

Anyways, it’s good to see Java embracing JavaScript, rather than the other way around. For a while it looked like Brandon Eich was taking ECMAScript in a direction that made it more like Java (class rather than prototype OO model, static type annotations, more Java-like syntax), which I think is unfortunate. The language on its own has a certain level of elegance, and should never have ever been seen as “Java’s little brother” or “that annoying language for web pages.”

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