logoalt Hacker News

thorncoronalast Friday at 9:52 PM4 repliesview on HN

I mean outside of HPC why would you when the browser is the world’s most ubiquitous VM?


Replies

essephlast Saturday at 2:26 AM

Because the browser is gross and you can reclaim lot of performance and security when you don't need to use it.

show 2 replies
spauldolast Saturday at 5:33 AM

A lot of us just don't want to be web developers. I mostly write IEC 61131 code, with sprinkles of BASIC (yuck), C, Perl, and Lisp. I've used JavaScript and quite frankly, you can keep it.

show 1 reply
wolvesechoeslast Saturday at 10:33 AM

If you want something better than UI designed for toddlers

anthklast Saturday at 9:12 AM

Offices when the performance matters against shitty web apps.