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May I ask when the highly optimized JS JIT is going to arrive? My question is why they are implementing a Flash replacement in Javascript when C or C++ would be
by vfclists 12y ago
May I ask when the highly optimized JS JIT is going to arrive?
My question is why they are implementing a Flash replacement in Javascript when C or C++ would be better.
Adobe's problem with Flash is that it is not open source and its bugs can't be tracked down.
An open source Flash replacement might as well be written in a faster language. It is the open source nature that matters, not the language it is implemented in.
- pcwalton 12y ago> My question is why they are implementing a Flash replacement in Javascript when C or C++ would be better. Using JavaScript reduces memory safety problems, and interfacing with the Web APIs from JS is simpler than for C++.