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Can someone ELI5 what asm.js is? I've tried Googling it multiple times now and every time I basically give up because I can't relate to anything it's talking ab
by Exuma 10y ago
Can someone ELI5 what asm.js is? I've tried Googling it multiple times now and every time I basically give up because I can't relate to anything it's talking about when all they use is buzzwords.
- kevinwang 10y agoA language which is a strict subset of JavaScript. The purpose is to write compilers from C to asm.js, which then allows you to write C code and it compiles to something that can run on the browser
- teamhappy 10y ago... and that strict subset of JS can be compiled into very efficient native code.
- Saltor 10y agoThis (funny and accessible, don't worry) talk by Gary Bernhardt is what helped me understand asm.js for the first time: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...