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Brendan Eich discussed about this few months ago at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4630334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4630334 Anyway, he said
by sirn 14y ago
Brendan Eich discussed about this few months ago at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4630334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4630334
Anyway, he said that the problem with Pepper is that its API is gigantic and its only spec is the implementation in Chromium. Other browsers could port the API but it come at very high cost due to WebKit-specific glue code.
- pekk 14y agoThe "problem" with pnacl is that it means the end of Javascript's death grip on the browser, which Brendan Eich is interested in extending for obvious reasons
- lukeschlather 14y agoI think you're overstating it. It more likely means the beginning of Google's death grip on the browser.
- munificent 14y agoHow does Google have a death grip on the browser?
- lukeschlather 14y agoThey don't yet. I'm saying pnacl is more likely to result in Google getting a death grip on the browser than ending Javascript's dominance.
- munificent 14y agoOooooh, the ominous "yet". Scary.