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Wow! Just add NaNboxing support (for JavaScript and possibly other dynamic languages) and it'll be a CPU I dreamed about.
by chalcolithic 5y ago
Wow! Just add NaNboxing support (for JavaScript and possibly other dynamic languages) and it'll be a CPU I dreamed about.
- nynx 5y agoIt’s a GPU.
- chalcolithic 5y agoYes and I wanted a GPU-style CPU that could handle all the tasks in the system so no host CPU is necessary
- sitkack 5y agoFor those unfamiliar with Nan-boxing https://anniecherkaev.com/the-secret-life-of-nan https://anniecherkaev.com/the-secret-life-of-nan > One use is NaN-boxing, which is where you stick all the other non-floating point values in a language + their type information into the payload of NaNs. It’s a beautiful hack.