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The toolchain is C/C++/LLVM, which is pretty well baked.

The toolchain, yes. I'm not sure about the libraries - especially the ones that provide the glue to the JS world (or DOM, directly). I heard there is something, say, SDL support for asm.js or emscripten, but I don't think there's a large and stable ecosystem. More like "some stuff patched to some extent".

Oh, and I think in webdev, there is a lot of... err... modern creative and innovative guys and gals out there who are always happy to rewrite the world again, because the last week's tech isn't cool anymore.

> I'm not sure about the libraries - especially the ones that provide the glue to the JS world (or DOM, directly)

Has the Java world come up with anything better than Swing or SWT? Because those are the libraries that are in the "stable ecosystem with 20+ years of engineering behind it", and they are terrible. Give me the 'innovative' webdev guys and gals any day.

We do actually have JavaFX now, which has some has some weird historical baggage from back when it was supposed to be its own platform, but is actually pretty nice to work with from a UI standpoint.

It has a XML/CSS based way to describe the UI/layout and then lets you link that to your code with annotations. It's not perfect, but it's a lot more pleasant to work with than the likes of SWT.

"Oh, and I think in webdev, there is a lot of... err... modern creative and innovative guys and gals out there who are always happy to rewrite the world again, because the last week's tech isn't cool anymore."

well said

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