alt Hacker NewsReact is a javascript library. Javascript needs its own runtime. Why not just write stuff in native windows controls and save having to run an entire javascript runtime for no reason?
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p_ing • today at 12:56 PM
.NET Framework needs its own runtime. Java needs its own runtime.
What's the issue?
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anthonylevine • today at 11:40 AM
> Why not just write stuff in native windows controls and save having to run an entire JavaScript runtime for no reason?
Idk, and I'm not saying it's not a good question, but it's irrelevant to the comparison in OP's comment.
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Only someone who has not tried to write stuff in "native windows" would ask this question. If you want a real answer, go try and develop a Windows native application real quick. I'll wait...