is desktop programming dead? is JS the future?

I'm gay but I'm not sure how my parents will react, what do I do?

>>55987378
>is desktop programming dead?
Pretty much, if not the stalest field of programming

>is JS the future?
Of web dev, yes.

>>55987399
what?

>>55987378
JS can now be used for desktop programming.

So to answer your questions:
No. Yes.

>>55987378

Who is this fellating fresco?

>>55987415
but why would you use JS for desktop programming over the usual suspects?

>implying that JS is not desktop programming

>>55987423
that is michaelangelo's painting of the libyan sibyl on the sistine chapel. :)

>>55987399
Just tell them you work with JS

>>55987424
>fast development
>v8 and AoT compilation puts it close to the speed of C
>dynamic typing and same sized vars in a world where dev time is more important than pc time
>versatile and expressive, allowing you to quickly create constructs for any need
Why not?

>>55987424
Because it's expressive and easy to use and the runtime lends itself really well to a lot of types of problems while still working well with others.
There are tons of things one might want to write that don't need bare metal performance, and JS is a great language for many of those things.

inb4 "every language except C and haskell is shit for everything" meme

>>55987424
You like the JS language

>>55987490
>>55987483
Your coffee order at the local Starbucks is ready.

>>55987520
>JS is good enough that this is the only retort someone can come up with
I never imagined

>>55987520
Whoops, looks like the meming happened anyway. Good job anon.

>>55987490
"the runtime lends itself really well to a lot of types of problems while still working well with others"

did you have a stroke?

>>55987573
Not at all my good friend :^)

>>55987573
Is reading comprehension not your strong suit? That sentence was perfectly readable and correctly structured.

>>55987573
are you talking about him adding a comma?

>>55987584
>>55987578
explain it

>>55987623
We're not your personal English teachers pajeet.

>>55987490
the runtime lends itself really well to problems like what?

>>55987695
yes

>>55987695
Things that perform any sort of blocking operation, especially web communications and file access.

>>55987378
shows pic of part of the botched restoration of sistine chapel ceiling ..

on this picture, it can be plainly seen that the detailing in the in tpainted plasterwork on the left and right, bottom is missing. the charcoal black detailing was stripped from the painting with what was oven cleaner. 500 years after it's painting it took arrogant modern restorers a few years to destroy it .. sure it looks brighter, it's colorful and gaudy, to suit modern tastes. They won't admit that they made a huge mistake.
http://artwatch.org.uk/the-sistine-chapel-restorations-part-ii-how-to-take-a-michelangelo-sibyl-apart-from-top-to-toes/

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>>55987378
before

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>>55987378
after
detail stripped, they say that was 'candle black'
"cleaned" .. they have completely stripped the top detailed layer, painted by michelangelo, off.

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>>55988646
major details were stripped from the ceiling by these arrogant, butchering "restorers". The ceiling was stripped. made into a set of figures with bright, 'disney' colors (modern). 'clean'
they say "the eyes were painted closed" ??? nobody understands this -- nobody reasonable will agree with them. ("jesse spandrel"). Just one example (area), of this hugely botched "restoration"

>>55988701
top left of that photo again, you can see where the painted detailing, depth of the painted, reproduced plasterwork, has been lost. They have no explanation/excuse for this.

>>55988626
>>55988646
>>55988701
>>55988720
Go sperg about shitty art on a board that cares Anon

>>55988720
>>55988701
>>55988646
>>55988626
>>55988544
gods work

>>55987400
>*makes 300 mb helloworld*
>*dyes hair teal*
Boy do I hate straight white males

>>55988880
Why would you build a whole system with node and electron just to create hello world?

>>55987378
Yes.

>>55988701
Jesus christ. It looks like it's been cel-shaded or something. Unbelievable.

>>55987400
>>55987483
>>55987490
Cucks. You have no idea what you are talking about. The only reason jshit is famous is because there are many pajeets who don't know anything else. The language is a joke and shouldn't be used on anything other than simple scripts on a website.

>>55987573
That's Hinglish for you.

>>55990131
>cucks
>racism
>>/pol/

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ITT maximum hipster faglord shitposting

>>55990543
>recism

>>>/reddit/

>>55987731
What is pthreads? Or any threading library made for any fucking language?

js is undeniably useful.

You want to write that android app? Use js. Oh, you need an ios app too? Port it. Desktop too? Web? np. Having an interpreter available that already is preinstalled on all clients or devices users may ever want to use is powerful. The road is leading to universal/isomorphic js. That way it has the potential to solve the whole Interface <-> Server in a unified way. And that property solves a shitton of problems dev teams have. Thats a pretty good trade for the security issues that may arise from having that interpreter preinstalled on your device (if you want it or not).

just imagine someone ported the opengl bindings to react-native and you set a js 3d lib on top of that. madness.

its going in a practical direction. i'd bet on it.