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> If we don’t win discovery, Oracle locks in ownership of the word “JavaScript.” This is the decisive moment.

One more reason to move away from it and finally get some sanity back in webdev.



What alternative do you propose to Javascript for interactive functionality on a web page?


ecmascript?


we could always use wasm, right?


WASM doesn't have a DOM API, as far as I know.


It does not. It interacts with browser APIs (not just dom) via JavaScript. And it needs to load a big binary first.


> finally get some sanity back in webdev

Like nested <table>s and 1x1 transparent spacer GIFs?




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