Hi, ext Simon Budig wrote: >> Why JavaScript would be slower than the other interpreted languages >> like Python, Perl etc? > > It is not only the language itself, it is also the latency involved for > contacting the (although local) webserver and/or recomputing the layout > of the page. Er. Why you would want to get your (JavaScript) program through a (local) webserver instead of having it just in a (HTML) file? Another nice thing of JS programs is that you don't need to do .desktop file or create a D-BUS service, you can just bookmark your local file. :-) - Eero PS. I'm not suggesting using this for anything serious, but for things like IP-mask calculators etc it should be fine. > Latency is one of the primary concerns for usability. Users get > frustrated quickly if a GUI takes its time to react. For Python you have > a backend library for the GUI that is reasonably fast, if you have to do > the same in javascript/html it is bound to be slower, since it is not > designed for that task. Of course it gets worse if there is any real > network involved between the server and the client. > > Bye, > Simon
