> 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.

nchmy 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

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

ecmascript?

nemomarx 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

we could always use wasm, right?

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

	▲	nchmy 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It does not. It interacts with browser APIs (not just dom) via JavaScript. And it needs to load a big binary first.

gamache 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> finally get some sanity back in webdev

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