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0 pointsjstimpfle4d ago0 comments

> your "platform" is also typically a framework, like QT or AppKit or whatever you end up using

That's not what I consider "low level programming". I don't use any of these.

Yes you can do try and do plain Javascript. Honestly Javascript is a much less pleasurable environment than a compiled statically typed procedural language. The main advantage of the browser is you get a viewport, you get font rendering etc. with almost no setup required at all.

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embedding-shape4d ago

> That's not what I consider "low level programming". I don't use any of these.

So say C linking to Xorg-libraries and drawing GUI that way isn't low level programming, then what is? Only assembly is "low level programming" or what?

Meh, JavaScript is fine, like most dynamic Algol/C-like languages. Could be worse, could be TypeScript :)

But personally, browser environment is a hell of a lot easier to target than doing cross-platform native application development, but I'm a web developer who started doing native apps, not the other way around, might be why.

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