Florian Erbs: “Because we can't control the execution environment. If I bui…”

Abu Sofian @abusofianid5h4296725

HTML was born in 1993, JS in 1995, and CSS in 1996. These technologies are old enough to complain about lower back pain. Why are we still building the modern web with them? 👴💻

Florian Erbs @flopana4h

Because we can't control the execution environment. If I build anything that runs on a server I have control over the environment and can ensure Java or whatever is installed in the version I need I have zero control over what browser you use. That's why we built dozens of abstractions and transpilations on top to keep it working.

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Abu Sofian @abusofianid4h

Spot on, Florian. Runtime control is a luxury only the server-side gets to enjoy. The browser's universality is both the web's greatest strength and a compatibility curse for us.

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