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  • not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Because its the only language in browsers so it’s ubiquitous, and it’s elegant and cost effective (note i didn’t say it’s a good idea) to use the same language on back-end and front-end.

    • DomeGuy@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Webassembly is a thing, and it’s only a matter of time before Google or Microsoft ship either a dotnet runtine or a go interpreter or some other FOSS shippable component as a chromium plugin or something.