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That website is totally whack. If you're going to write a manifesto -- and post it on its own domain -- you should at least have something coherent to say that doesn't make you sound like a total amateur.

"Because Ruby looks prettier" is not serious argument.

Also I really question the lack of accountability -- does the author have a real name? Whenever I write stuff in the public sphere I use my real, public name. This notion that it's ok to be anonymous "just because" strikes me as very immature and frankly a little bit entitled.

Just my 2¢. Glad you posted it, gave me a good laugh.
-Jason






On Nov 3, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Alejandro Exojo <suy@badopi.org> wrote:

> El Sunday 02 November 2014, Jonathan Blasquez escribió:
>> Came across this website that is trying to get another langauge to replace
>> javascript. It actually specifically talks about having ruby be the next
>> language so you can build your whole rails app with one language!!!!
>> http://www.nomorejavascript.com/
>
> People behind that website can't really be serious.
>
> Signing a petition or even raising a huge amount of funds is not going to
> change the fact that browsers will have to support JavaScript for decades, and
> that a replacement only makes sense if it has enough browser support.
> Microsoft and Google are already working on a replacement language for
> JavaScript (TypeScript and Dart respectively), and they are doing it in the
> only way that makes sense: by providing a compile-to-javascript as a fallback.
> Mozilla I think is not working on a new language, but on ASM.js instead, which
> is a different beast.
>
> Last but not least, those people opted for trying to critizise JavaScript by
> completely quoting out of context Douglas Crockford, a person who claims that
> despite its many flaws, JavaScript is a very useful language with great
> features.
>
> And the final insult:
>
> http://darkshines.net/pub/no-more-javascript-irony-or-stupidity.png
>
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