Re: Javascript: Time Traveller From the Year 1962!

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From: Michael G Schwern
Subject: Re: Javascript: Time Traveller From the Year 1962!
Date: 01:59 on 09 Apr 2005

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 07:35:41PM -0500, Peter da Silva wrote:
> > > My understanding from talking to some JS folks on IRC is that 
> > > JavaScript was never designed to do I/O. Too much of a security threat 
> > > in browsers. Of course, this makes it practically useless as a 
> > > general-use language
> 
> Why? There's no I/O in C and it managed it.

You'll notice it was one of the first libraries they bolted on.  In fact,
I've listed "trivializing I/O" as one of the "language design regrets".
See also Java.

Anyhow, I would not hold up C's I/O system as an example to be followed 
by HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES.  C, being just a smidge above assembly, is a bit of 
an exception to the rules.

There's stuff above here

peter (Peter da Silva) 01:35 on 09 Apr 2005
- Michael G Schwern 01:59 on 09 Apr 2005
  - peter (Peter da Silva) 02:32 on 09 Apr 2005

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