JavaScript is the "VM" to target for D

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
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> "Justin Johansson" <no at spam.com> wrote in message 
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>> my current thinking seems to be aligning with others that JavaScript 
>> should be seen as the new "binary", albeit in text form, that HLLs should 
>> be compiling down to for "webapp" development.
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> I believe *very* strongly in using a REAL language that then gets compiled 
> down to worthless crap like PHP, ActionScript, etc., whenever such 
> worthless crap platforms are necessary. Which is, of course, necessary FAR 
> too often when you do web development, as I do.
>

Of course, I also believe very strongly that if a language or platform is 
crap (browser-JavaScript), then the *real* correct solution is to fix or 
replace it rather than just paint over it with another layer. But, hey! 
That's not how we do things here in the internet technology world! Just slap 
on another half-baked design to cover up last year's half-baked design! 
Repeat ad infinitum. (Am I the only one that learned anything from the old 
"There was an old lady who swallowed a..." nursery rhyme?).