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My first thought reading the specification was '6 months before there's silicon that runs the bytecode directly.'
by otakucode 9y ago
My first thought reading the specification was '6 months before there's silicon that runs the bytecode directly.'
- Ajedi32 9y agoObligatory "The Birth & Death of JavaScript" reference: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death... METAL is coming.
- weinzierl 9y agoNo really. WASM is based on a stack machine and not a register machine. On the other hand there was PicoJava [1] and there is Jazelle [2]. So, maybe... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoJava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoJava [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle
- pjmlp 9y agoStack machines used to be common in mainframe hardware, back in the day. http://www.retrocomputingtasmania.com/home/projects/burroughs-b5500 http://www.retrocomputingtasmania.com/home/projects/burrough... http://datamuseum.dk/wiki/Rational/R1000s400 http://datamuseum.dk/wiki/Rational/R1000s400