Steve Yegge, of Google fame, has been musing on the next big language. The general consensus: that he’s talking about an upcoming revision of ECMAScript, more generally called JavaScript. It’s an interesting thesis and quite possible. The ‘next big language’ has never been about what is best, but what gets support. Java and C# are [...]
Archive for February 13th, 2007
Auntie Strikes Back!
After all the kerfuffle about the BBC using Windows only DRM, the BBC has apparently explained. It’s not much (basically: we couldn’t find anything open that did what was needed) but it helps. After all, the Trust is demanding a cross-platform service within 24 months – and surely Mac & Linux users won’t miss that [...]
