My one-hundred-and-thirtieth podcast is up . I had the pleasure of talking to Brendan Eich about JavaScript this week. Brendan created JavaScript lo these many years ago, and lately his team has been working to make JavaScript even faster with TraceMonkey, their next step in their JavaScript engine . It's an exciting time for JavaScript as it approaches "C" speeds. I chat with Brendan in this episode about where he thinks JavaScript is headed. What does the rise of JavaScript mean to Flash, Silverlight and RIAs in general? We also talk about how TraceMonkey works and how much faster it can get. Brendan is responsible for architecture and the technical direction of Mozilla. He is charged with authorizing module owners, owning architectural...(read more)
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