For ppl who are pining for "a browser bytecode" & think FF is forcing a JS monopoly, know that Mozilla shipped AOT asm.js and v8 pushed back
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Replying to @DevonStrawn
@devonstrawn Rejecting native client has nothing to do with forcing a JS monopoly. `asm.js` is a portable, evolutionary path to the same.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@devonstrawn asm.js works today in all modern browsers. No choice required. v8 is blocking fastest perf in Chrome, but say fast enough.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@devonstrawn "Do two huge engineering projects that we'll be stuck with forever and let the market decide" ... what?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@devonstrawn getting stuck with LLVM bitcode doesn't strike me as a better bargain. Can evolve to something better than JS source too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@DevonStrawn the difference is that asm.js is an evolutionary step 1, NaCL is a boil-the-ocean move-everyone-at-once project.
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