But "open" does imply having more than just one realistic choice, or at least the ability to realistically create more choice if it isn't already present.
Right now, JavaScript is basically the only option in practice, and getting additional languages supported by the major browsers does not seem possible. I don't consider that "open" at all.
That's completely ridiculous, nothing about the word "open" implies that there being multiple VMs.
> Right now, JavaScript is basically the only option in practice,
That's absurd, Opal is a real option. ClojureScript is a real option. There are real, functional apps written in them. Prismatic, for example. There's far more language choice on the web than any mobile OS.
Pacabel|12 years ago
Right now, JavaScript is basically the only option in practice, and getting additional languages supported by the major browsers does not seem possible. I don't consider that "open" at all.
Touche|12 years ago
> Right now, JavaScript is basically the only option in practice,
That's absurd, Opal is a real option. ClojureScript is a real option. There are real, functional apps written in them. Prismatic, for example. There's far more language choice on the web than any mobile OS.