It's a little early to tell for sure, but it might well be A Great Thing for JS+...

cpr on Nov 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mockingbird, Cappuccino, and what really matters

It's a little early to tell for sure, but it might well be A Great Thing for JS+HTML/CSS to become the assembly language of the web. If Javascript engines get faster, and CPU speeds keep slowly inching up (looks like Moore's Law has temporarily been repealed ;-), and things like Web Workers become commonplace, ...