JavaScript is the "VM" to target for D

[Justin Johansson]

Eric Poggel wrote:
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>>
>> So I guess the thrust of my topic tonight is, could D somehow reinvent
>> itself to fame and fortune in the high-level-language-for-JavaScript 
>> space?
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>> Justin Johansson
> 
> I've done a significant amount of web-app development myself, but to me 
> this seems like a bad idea.  If I want to sit down and write something 
> quickly and don't care about performance, JavaScript or Haxe are great 
> languages to do it in and can be more productive than D.  However, even 
> the best JavaScript vm's (like V8) are on average 10x slower than C++/D. 
>  So if performance matters, I always chose D.
> 
> If I write D to run on a JavaScript VM, I lose both the productivity of 
> JavaScript and the speed of D.

Thanks for the reality check; probably it's a silly idea.  Nevertheless 
I'm glad to have inquired as, even though I like the idea of optional 
static typing in Haxe, I'll be reconsidering whether using Haxe in a new 
web project is a good idea also.  One thing I can't figure out is why 
Haxe is not as popular as it "should" be.  Maybe for similar reasons as 
you say?

Cheers
Justin