complexity tax - mobile devices - Microsoft + Adobe tools + future browsers

# ToolmakerSteve98 (17 years ago)

"Ric Johnson" wrote:

I wrote:

Javascript and Flash and a Silverlight language that was powerful enough to also use server side a la Java.

Does such a language need to be as extensive as ES4? Probably not.

um... You mention the solution in your question: Silverlight.

IMHO, it is Microsoft attempt to allow C# in the browser, work like flash, and you can write server side code.

Silverlight may not be as broad based as Javascript right now, but it does have Microsoft behind it.

Exactly. And rather than continue the split between Microsoft and other alternatives, I am hunting for common ground, at least at the language level.

I currently intend to target Microsoft CLR-based mobile devices; i.e. Silverlight. When I took a close look at Action Script 3 in Flash Player 9, I realized that Flash finally had a language powerful enough to fit in with my plans, as an alternate platform. This lead me to this proposed ES4 work. I believe it would be a huge win for everyone (even Microsoft IMHO, though that is not the conclusion that Microsoft members of this discussion have reached), if these three important pillars all supported a common, powerful language:

Silverlight and other .NET platforms, including server side;
Adobe's web design tools, currently dominant in the marketplace;
Browsers' client side language; e.g. Javascript "2".

I am putting together a toolset that bridges .NET & Silverlight development tools with Adobe's tools. I've decided to do a proof-of-concept for a given scope of language, specifically using type-inference technology in F# to provide a statically-type-bound compilation of a subset of ES4. I hope to demonstrate high performance and compactness when targeting CLR, both on Silverlight, and on Windows Server running ASP.NET. And compatibility with Flash 9, and the proposed ES4.

The goal is a total solution that builds on current and future work by both Microsoft and Adobe, as well as possible future browsers, once someone makes a Tamarin/ES4 plug-in for Firefox.

~TMSteve

"Ric Johnson" wrote:
>>I wrote:
>>> Javascript and Flash and a Silverlight language that was powerful enough
>>> to also use server side a la Java.
>>>
>>> Does such a language need to be as extensive as ES4? Probably not.
>
>um... You mention the solution in your question: Silverlight.
>
>IMHO, it is Microsoft attempt to allow C# in the browser, work like
>flash, and you can write server side code.
>
>Silverlight may not be as broad based as Javascript right now, but it
>does have Microsoft behind it.

Exactly. And rather than continue the split between Microsoft and other 
alternatives, I am hunting for common ground, at least at the language 
level.

I currently intend to target Microsoft CLR-based mobile devices; i.e. 
Silverlight. When I took a close look at Action Script 3 in Flash Player 9, 
I realized that Flash finally had a language powerful enough to fit in with 
my plans, as an alternate platform. This lead me to this proposed ES4 work. 
I believe it would be a huge win for everyone (even Microsoft IMHO, though 
that is not the conclusion that Microsoft members of this discussion have 
reached), if these three important pillars all supported a common, powerful 
language:
1) Silverlight and other .NET platforms, including server side;
2) Adobe's web design tools, currently dominant in the marketplace;
3) Browsers' client side language; e.g. Javascript "2".

I am putting together a toolset that bridges .NET & Silverlight development 
tools with Adobe's tools. I've decided to do a proof-of-concept for a given 
scope of language, specifically using type-inference technology in F# to 
provide a statically-type-bound compilation of a subset of ES4. I hope to 
demonstrate high performance and compactness when targeting CLR, both on 
Silverlight, and on Windows Server running ASP.NET. And compatibility with 
Flash 9, and the proposed ES4.

The goal is a total solution that builds on current and future work by both 
Microsoft and Adobe, as well as possible future browsers, once someone makes 
a Tamarin/ES4 plug-in for Firefox.

~TMSteve

# David Teller (17 years ago)

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 14:56 -0700, ToolmakerSteve98 wrote:

I am putting together a toolset that bridges .NET & Silverlight development tools with Adobe's tools. I've decided to do a proof-of-concept for a given scope of language, specifically using type-inference technology in F# to provide a statically-type-bound compilation of a subset of ES4.

Do I understand correctly that you're compiling your subset of ES4 to F# ? Sounds interesting. Do you keep a blog on that ?

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 14:56 -0700, ToolmakerSteve98 wrote:
> I am putting together a toolset that bridges .NET & Silverlight development 
> tools with Adobe's tools. I've decided to do a proof-of-concept for a given 
> scope of language, specifically using type-inference technology in F# to 
> provide a statically-type-bound compilation of a subset of ES4. 

Do I understand correctly that you're compiling your subset of ES4 to
F# ? Sounds interesting. Do you keep a blog on that ?

Cheers,
 David


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