Compilers are the New Frameworks

Compilers are the New Frameworks
Tom Dale, 2017/09/12
Tom Dale argues that "what we call web frameworks are transforming from runtime libraries into optimizing compilers." The practical effect of this is that we will not be able to learn from viewing the source how the web page was created, because the source will vary from place to place, person to person, depending on how the page was optimized for delivery. More...