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Again, these are C/C++ use-cases. That's exactly what asm.js was made for. Apart from the potential of making some of Mozilla's insane ideas like implementing
by happy_dino 14y ago
Again, these are C/C++ use-cases. That's exactly what asm.js was made for.
Apart from the potential of making some of Mozilla's insane ideas like implementing a PDF reader in JavaScript easier/faster, it's applicability is pretty much limited.
No one out there who is waiting for a sane language for the web will rejoice that he can now use C/C++ instead of JavaScript.
> That is being worked on with the Binary Data spec: http://asmjs.org/faq.html http://asmjs.org/faq.html
I'll believe it when I see it working. Most likely they will still find a way to make it next to useless, forcing people to keep writing/targeting JavaScript.
- smosher 14y agoI'll believe it when I see it working. Most likely they will still find a way to make it next to useless, forcing people to keep writing/targeting JavaScript. FYI, you're talking to them right now. Patrick Walton is a Moz employee.
- happy_dino 14y agoOf course. I know his nick from the work on Rust.