Wow, there is allot of love here on HN for JavaScript!
I thought I would chime in with my thoughts, only because I've been thinking about and working with both Java and Action Script a bit lately.
I'm a hobby programmer, I like to make small games. I've tinkered with many languages and frameworks over the years. Pascal, D, Basic, lots of Python and most recently JavaScript and Action Script.
My new project is a web app with Python on the backend. I have written the front end twice, once in JavaScript and once and Action Script.
For me, what really matters how quickly and easily I can express the everyday stuff that fills up 90% of my programming time, not what fancy features a language has.
In my mind, Python beats Java and Action Script hands down. I can understand the author of the original article expressing dissatisfaction with what we have now. I understand his plead for more!
JavaScript does feel like DOS to Pythons Windows when you are working in each every day.
JavaScript is cool, but Action Script shows how it can be cooler.
I thought I would chime in with my thoughts, only because I've been thinking about and working with both Java and Action Script a bit lately.
I'm a hobby programmer, I like to make small games. I've tinkered with many languages and frameworks over the years. Pascal, D, Basic, lots of Python and most recently JavaScript and Action Script.
My new project is a web app with Python on the backend. I have written the front end twice, once in JavaScript and once and Action Script.
For me, what really matters how quickly and easily I can express the everyday stuff that fills up 90% of my programming time, not what fancy features a language has.
In my mind, Python beats Java and Action Script hands down. I can understand the author of the original article expressing dissatisfaction with what we have now. I understand his plead for more!
JavaScript does feel like DOS to Pythons Windows when you are working in each every day.
JavaScript is cool, but Action Script shows how it can be cooler.