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jungler | 7 years ago

Everything compiles to JS these days, so it is an easy lowest common denominator.

Lua is a semantically cleaner alternative but it has relatively less mindshare and hence less third-party support.

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krapp|7 years ago

>Everything compiles to JS these days, so it is an easy lowest common denominator.

That's not even remotely true. JS is only a common denominator for running code in a browser, but the lowest common denominator is still C/C++ and Java, even with native applications vs. Electron.

maccio92|7 years ago

Shh don't burst the web dev's bubble