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thom_nic | 8 years ago

> I really don't want to learn dart

Literally half of programmers: "Ugh why can't everything be Javascript" Other half of programmers: "Ugh Javascript is the worst language in existence" /s

Given that javascript (esp on mobile) has a hard time reaching native performance, they presumably chose Dart because its design makes it immensely easier to target native iOS and Android without drastically augmenting JS to the point where it's no longer JS.

If there's a non-JS language that's easy to learn for a JS programmer, Dart (and I guess, TS) are it.

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zitterbewegung|8 years ago

Sorry I didn't articulate my issue with Dart. The issue was not that I don't want to learn something that isn't javascript. The issue is that I don't want to learn a programming language who's only backer is Google. If dart had adoption outside of Google then I would have more incentive to learn it. So far it only looks like its used for internal google projects.

optimusclimb|8 years ago

The dichotomy you described is really just, "People who learned enough Javascript to make money from it", and, people who are actually interested in programming and understand the fundamentals, who know more than one programming language.