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Dart VM is slower, and Dart-to-JavaScript is a lot slower, than equivalent JavaScript running on V8 in most benchmarks. Still, it's early days yet, and it would be reasonable to expect the VM's ...

Google also argues that Dart is faster to program in and that developers concerned about its absence in other browsers can use the dart2js tool, which converts Dart software into JavaScript that ...

Dart fixes some known problems with Web programming, and it's a serious competitor to JavaScript. Too bad it also introduces new issues of its own.

Dart has recently drawn heavy criticism from some prominent figures in the Web standards community, including JavaScript architect Brendan Eich. Eich originally created JavaScript in 1995 while at ...

Dart is a new programming language that looks like Java, acts a lot like Java, runs inside a virtual machine (VM) like Java, but it also has a tool that converts Dart code into JavaScript.

Large JavaScript Web apps can be hard to develop and slow to run. Google's Dart language may offer a solution to address both of those issues.

Google has launched a preview version of a new Web programming language, called Dart, which the company’s engineers hope will address some of the shortcomings of the widely used JavaScript ...

Developer talks up the process of moving a JavaScript audio app to Dart, touts user list and upgrades as Google pushes its JavaScript alternative Can Google’s Dart language ever really mount a ...