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SPIR is special purpose and can't be compared. JVM in the browser might be a similar comparison, but back then we didn't have the threats we have today. We now
by enos_feedler 5y ago
SPIR is special purpose and can't be compared. JVM in the browser might be a similar comparison, but back then we didn't have the threats we have today. We now have closed hardware, closed operating system, and even closed browsers. The browsers are just extensions of these closed companies. We now more than ever need an open computing stack untethered from the underlying chips, devices, operating systems, etc.