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Ask HN: what is Chrome Native Client good for?
This is a bit of a protest since I got all excited about doing some WebGL goodness with native client, but then realised that whilst 3D is the very first thing on the features list, it isn't actually supported any time soon:
"Run native code modules that render 2D and 3D graphics"
http://code.google.com/chrome/nativeclient/
Later on they even say "This capability enables demanding applications such as console-quality games" ... oh they rub salt in the wound!
So maybe you can all dive in and find things that are computationally too heavy for JS but are not 3D and not serverside?
- rschildmeijer 16y agointeresting
- retroafroman 16y agoDOSBox (the open source DOS emulator) was recently ported to NaCl, allowing in browser use of old software. Not super useful for productivity, but an ambitious demo to say the least. http://www.naclbox.com/ http://www.naclbox.com/
- willvarfar 16y agoAren't we at the point where we could have an x86 simulator in javascript that needs to slow down to emulate the performance of the DOS era?