Javascript JIT in web browsers

[Matt McCutchen]

On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 01:15 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Some web sites are indeed abusing JavaScript.

> A web site is 
> not and should not be an application, an application is not and should not 
> be a web site.

Just because you said so?  Web applications bring enormous practical
benefits to their users and administrators.

> It is a vehicle for proprietary software, where people often 
> aren't even aware they're using non-Free code, or just ignore the issue.
> See also http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html .

If you use a non-free web site, you have already lost the freedom to
read, distribute, and modify the code you are relying on
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html).
I fail to see how running the site's non-free JavaScript for the sole
purpose of interacting with that site makes the situation any worse.

-- 
Matt