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Python writes to local files using native function open. Javascript has no native function. Because...?

We can open a window, write arbitrary text to it, use the browswer to 'Save as...'. Close but no cigar.

I'd like to use JS for a lot more than the web. MS Basic wrote user-entered text to a file 40 years ago.

I’m not sure about you, but I consider JavaScript running in my browser not being able to write arbitrary text to files to be a good thing.

Otherwise, Node.js can do exactly what you just said Python and MS Basic can do.

Whoa hoss. Bit of overkill there.

I can already write to file with 'window.(something).createObjectURL' ... which queries user. I simply suggest that 'future javascript' open() (or whatever) supports that with no-more-code needed.

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