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> dubious blobs I think you are just suggesting to replace binary blobs with other binary blobs e.g. CLR/.NET assemblies/executables or WebAssembly files. Or
by robocat 2y ago
> dubious blobs
I think you are just suggesting to replace binary blobs with other binary blobs e.g. CLR/.NET assemblies/executables or WebAssembly files.
Or do it the JavaScript way: distribute compressed minified (kinda compiled) source code and the runtime JIT compiles it at runtime (e.g. V8 engine Turbofan compiler).
- James_K 2y agoI'm trying to replace platform dependant and easily breakable binary files with platform independent and change resistant files. Yes, those files are still in binary, but this is true of all files on a computer. What's useful about these new formats is that they retain a greater degree of information about the source code.