New opportunities for D => ASM.js

[Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d]

On 5/16/2014 2:21 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>
> The ideas behind the browser are great, when looked from the Xerox PARC
> hypermedia research, the implementation however leaves a lot to be desired.
>
> The problem is that currently it is a document format, trying to be an
> application, with a clustf**** of JavaScript/CSS/HTML with more
> compatibility issues than when C was being standardized.
>

Exactly. I actually love HTTP/HTML as a document system (especially the 
older versions of HTML that deliberately left style/formatting mostly up 
to browser/user, with the ability to override when really necessary). 
Not perfect of course, but still quite good overall.

But then using it as a GUI engine and software platform is like abusing 
Latex or PDF to make software run inside Acrobat Viewer. All the effort, 
bloat and compromises...and for what point?