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I read it as the browser should just be a VM. It's low level. Then the objects that run in the VM provide the features. This solves a lot of problems. The brows
by discreteevent 7y ago
I read it as the browser should just be a VM. It's low level. Then the objects that run in the VM provide the features. This solves a lot of problems. The browser is slowly evolving to do this anyway with js, then wasm (reality is proving Kay right) but the underlying high levelness of it makes it a mess. A VM is more flexible and robust and at the same time simpler than a browser
- mgummelt 7y agoThe difference is that, in order to foster composition, the platform can't just be a VM. It must also provide the interfaces by which objects interact. Take Java. It's not just a VM. It's also the JDK/JCL.