Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:45 PM, candide <candide@free.invalid> wrote: >> Dart is the very new language created by Google to replace Javascript. >> So Python was not able to do the job? Or may be they don't know about Python >> at Google ;) ? > > Python, as I found out to my detriment, is practically impossible to > sandbox effectively. Any language that hopes to gain full traction in > a browser-based environment MUST be secure against scripts gaining too > much control over the browser chrome.
A first step in that direction would be to have a specification for a python virtual machine. I guess engineers at Google know very well the limitations of Python in its current state. After all, python's inventor works there. Also, they've tried the optimization road with unladden-swallow. And failed. > Also, Dart is looking to support (optional) strict typing, which > Python doesn't do. That's a fairly major performance enhancement. I think you're absolutely right. They've already included a "better DOM". The use of typing will let them provide a very efficient standard library. I am willing to bet that Google's next step will be to provide a plugin/extension/whatever to directly execute Dart programs in the browsers. And then a JIT compiler inside the VM. And then everybody will want to move, for performance reason. All the Javascript compatibility is transitional stuff. -- Alain. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
