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would you write web app with this? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, given the context of a browser, Javascript's "Everything is better than crashing" philosophy does not seem too out-of-place. Yes, the website might break, but at least it would be theoretically usable still.

Yes, a statically typed language would help, but I'd rather not have one that is "these two types are slightly different, fuck you, have a segfault", but rather one that is slightly more flexible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actually, that's a good point, in scripting fatal type errors can happen at runtime. I guess Python is the right choice then, given it's maturity and popularity, and then you can code the complex stuff in whatever you want via WASM like other people mentioned.