HTML/JS is up to running Doom now? Is that the best example? It puts it 17 years behind native.
The article also says the water level is rising -- which is true, but why assume native is standing still? On the contrary, I see native APIs evolving far more quickly because of the huge competition in mobile platforms. iOS has gone from 1.0 to 5.0 while HTML5 has been in gestation.
Native is a moving target, and HTML isn't catching up, let alone surpassing.
The article also says the water level is rising -- which is true, but why assume native is standing still? On the contrary, I see native APIs evolving far more quickly because of the huge competition in mobile platforms. iOS has gone from 1.0 to 5.0 while HTML5 has been in gestation.
Native is a moving target, and HTML isn't catching up, let alone surpassing.