cdleary_'s comments

cdleary_ · on Dec 5, 2011

I also did a write up on this called "Mapping the monkeysphere" that you may find helpful: http://blog.cdleary.com/2011/06/mapping-the-monkeysphere/

cdleary_ · on Sept 8, 2011

> a Smalltalk-ish interpreted lang for Web programming

In what practical sense would that differ from JS?

michaelcampbell · on Sept 8, 2011

It would be something other than JS... ;-)

Your point is well taken; I know some who hate JS because, well, it's JS. I doubt Google is trying to cater to THAT crowd as such, but if Gilad Bracha is involved in it I think it will at least be worth looking at.

drothlis · on Sept 8, 2011

Maybe it's about more than just the language. Have you actually seen a Smalltalk development environment? (e.g. http://vimeo.com/27850933 ).

jurjenh · on Sept 8, 2011

Maybe in much the same way as CoffeeScript differs from JS. It doesn't need to be that much different to be better. Of course this depends on how you define "better" and "different."