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Running Java in JavaScript (ejohn.org)
10 points by nreece on April 28, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Ok, so it's kind of cool as a demonstration of programming skill, but I have to ask why. Is there that much existing Java code that people want to run inside web pages using Javascript? Are there that many people who would rather develop using Java instead of Javascript plus a library that abstracts away the browser differences?


This is about as useful as that Ruby interpreter written in JavaScript. Without the libraries that help make a language good it's nothing but a neat trick.




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