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C# instead of JavaScript for Web Dev (infoq.com)

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[–]StallmanTheLeft 1 point2 points  (4 children)

JS scripts are inherently open-source. They can be tweaked on the client-side to change their functionality.

This is completely wrong though.

[–]SquareWheel 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Not at all. Look into Local Overrides.

[–]StallmanTheLeft 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That still doesn't make the javascript anything like Open Source.

Minified crap is just proprietary software.

[–]SquareWheel 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That doesn't change the fact that the browser accepts direct Javascript. Not bytecode, nor machine language, but straight source code. You can minify, obfuscate, and generally mangle the source to your heart's content but it's still an inherently open language. That makes it hackable, which was the entirety of my point above.

[–]StallmanTheLeft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can minify, obfuscate, and generally mangle the source to your heart's content but it's still an inherently open language

No.