At a time when the web is the dominant technology and Javascript his new resort, it is understandable that this may revolutionize JavaScript can change a lot also.
Javascript, I've said many times is full of defects, and among these, calamitous performance is not the slightest. However, at a time when everything is good to javascript, it can be very painful. Painful to the point that our Web 2.0 finds himself back color 1.0, when all those pretty ajax functions that make life easier for the user to start skating at a point unlikely. Worse, some applications (like 3D ) will remain out of reach of JS as these limitations are lifted.
Once again, the problem is not really javascript as a language but rather embedded runtimes in different browsers ... and it is precisely where Tamarin intervenes.
Tamarin is the code name given by Adobe in its engine project ECMAScript (JavaScript if you prefer the subtle nuance is) designed to boost significantly the Just In Time compiling into machine code (as Java or. Net): a great idea ... And Adobe did not stop in so good way, since last November , the project code was opened and the project leadership entrusted to the Mozilla Foundation.
Result? Web applications of tomorrow will be far more demanding than the crafts today! To be more precise, note that Flash Player 9 is already using Firefox and Tamarin should integrate in 2008 (to mark the passage to Javascript 2). This is also why at cons-current events, I choose to speak today about this project because it lends credibility even further Ajax and Flash meet rising RIA alternatives.
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