JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in Microsoft Edge

Re:JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in... by dragonwriter on Friday April 21, 2017 @12:43AM (#14163141)

> There's nothing wrong with modern C++

The fact that it's a set of practices to avoid the deathtraps within a language which itself has plenty of problems left lying around is, arguably, the problem with modern C++.

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Re:JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in... by flatline on Friday April 21, 2017 @01:27AM (#14163288)

Yes, that is the problem. It's also what allows you to drag that 20 year old mess forward into the 21st century. It compiles to virtually any platform with a number of compilers. Trade offs...

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Re:JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in... by johncolanduoni on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:52AM (#14163782)

What platform needs/wants a web browser that isn't covered by an LLVM target?

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