Higgs, a JavaScript JIT done in D

[Matthew Caron]

On 02/05/2013 12:54 PM, FG wrote:
> On 2013-02-05 18:24, Matthew Caron wrote:
>> I don't, but that's because I hate JavaScript only slightly less than
>> PHP or
>> Python and want to see all of them die.
>
> I have similar feelings regarding PHP and Javascript.
> Not sure why you'd hate Python (except the obvious: indents, GIL).
> Nevertheless I hope one day I'll be able to replace Python with D in
> most cases.

I have a rule - any language which does not have a method by which one 
can force variable predeclaration is a toy and not suitable for real work.

Perl's "use strict" is an example of this.

I've spent too long chasing data going off into the ether because I 
typoed a variable name in an assignment.

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