On: ZetaOffice: LibreOffice in the Browser

[wiseowise]

Java was made for TV controllers. Now it powers majority of enterprise.

JS was made to animate monkey on a screen, and now it powers internet.

Technologies start with one goal and evolve.

[troyvit → wiseowise]

> We build our computer systems the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.

-- Ellen Ullman

[jancsika → troyvit]

My brain compares cities to planned suburban developments complete with their wonderful HOAs.

My brain concludes that Ellen thinks we are building our computer systems in the least bad way. :)

[jhbadger → wiseowise]

The fact that there are so many alternative languages for the JVM or which transpile to Javascript suggests that (at least to many people) that neither were ideal choices for their current uses.

[legacynl → jhbadger]

I think this actually shows the exact opposite.

That is like saying the existence of cargo trucks, pick-ups, minivans, campers, and rv's shows that the underlying 'internal combustion engine' technology is flawed.

I think it rather shows that the technology is so useful that it is able to spawn different implementations aimed at slightly different use cases.