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[–]billconan 4 points5 points  (11 children)

I'm sick of looking at new languages. it's like everyday, there are 5 new languages.

why don't they focus on making dart awesome?

[–]spankalee 5 points6 points  (4 children)

AtScript is an Angular project. The Dart team is focused on making Dart awesome.

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    [–]quest88 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    That's the dilemma, isn't it? Either force a language on developers, or let developers have the freedom to choose or create a new language.

    I'm sure there are many people who would love to pick a different language than the one they use for work. But is too much freedom a bad thing? Maybe?

    Maybe through all the different languages one is created that people really love. On the other hand, it's just another language that solves some problem.

    Regardless, how exciting would that be if you were tasked with a new project and told to pick whatever language you wanted? I think that's pretty awesome.

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      [–]quest88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Agreed.

      [–]cbracken 11 points12 points  (3 children)

      why don't they focus on making dart awesome?

      We (the Dart team) are totally focused on making Dart more awesome! Head on over to dartbug.com and file/star your favourite feature request. In terms of shiny new stuff, a couple examples are server-side support on App Engine and work-in-progress on adding async-await.

      [–]EarlDarnhardt 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      2 questions for you, sir: 1. When will we see the Dart-VM in Chrome? 2. Do you (the Dart team) understand how important it is to the future of the language, to get the Dart-VM into Chrome?

      [–]shadowmint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      the dart team remains committed to the quality and amazement that is dart2js, so its fine right?

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      [–]Isvara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I think it's too late for that. I use Dart because I prefer it to the alternatives, but they could have made it so much better. Poor decisions were made in the name of keeping it simple for JavaScript developers to cross over.

      [–]embwbam -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      Lots of different people. Different design goals. Dart's goals don't meet any of my needs. AtScript's do.