The State of JavaScript - Brendan Eich
> NaCl?  Not portable.<p>To dis NaCl on this basis and not even mention PNaCl is dishonest.  <a href="http://www.chromium.org/nativeclient/pnacl/building-and-testing-portable-native-client" rel="nofollow">http://www.chromium.org/nativeclient/pnacl/building-and-test...</a><p>> Defined by implementation.<p>As it should be, until the implementation settles and it's clear what interfaces should be standardized.  What a waste of time it would have been to standardize the pre-PNaCl work, for example.  I wouldn't expect Rust (for example) to be standardized at this point either.<p>> No view source.<p>It's highly unlikely that JavaScript spit out by a code generator (this would be the competition for NaCl) is going to be at all readable.  I'm guessing it will be about as readable as the portable BitCode that comprises the PNaCl image (which you could view if you really want to).<p>It's disappointing to continuously see this anti-NaCl propaganda from Mozilla.  Here you have a promising and highly innovative technology that is pushing the bounds of what is possible on the web.  It's being developed completely in the open with papers and code being published continuously.  Mozilla's mission is "to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the web."  I just can't see what part of that mission involves campaigning against an open technology that could advance the web and help it compete with native apps.<p>I could understand if their position was "we're reserving judgment until it's portable, stable, and standardized."  I could understand "we want to be more involved in the process."  I could understand "we are waiting to see if it can demonstrate a compelling advantage over JavaScript."  But everything I have heard indicates that they are publicly and completely opposed to ever supporting it, which will make it all the harder for them to ever change their mind on this point without losing face.<p>I grew up watching Mozilla develop from an unstable binary called "apprunner" into a full-featured open-source browser with cutting edge extension capabilities.  I downloaded almost every single  milestone and tried it out, craving the day when I could ditch crappy old Netscape 4 for good.  I got warm fuzzies when the Mozilla Foundation was created; it felt good knowing that there would always be a way to use the web with open source software, and that there would always be an advocate for openness and freedom.  I just never expected to see them fighting against open technology.  It's disappointing.