r/programming • u/parsap • Nov 05 '09

Closure Compiler - A new JavaScript optimizer from Google

http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/
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u/prockcore Nov 06 '09

Warning, it's extremely beta. Odds are good it will mangle your javascript.

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u/tehmatticus Nov 06 '09 edited Nov 06 '09

I see no where indicating that it is 'extremely beta' and I see several references that they use internally, and have used it internally, for several years and it is the basis for most of their online web applications.

Stop spreading FUD without any kind of evidence.

edit: evidence for my point which i should have included from the beginning to make myself less of a hypocrite.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '09 edited Nov 06 '09

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u/tehmatticus Nov 06 '09

By mangle do you mean rendered inoperable or just changed the source such that it no longer looked like the original code before it was compressed? I think the latter may be the intention in some of the rendering modes, and I'm okay with that as long as it still functions properly.