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Re:Netflix: Removing client-side React.js improved performan... by CyberDildonics on Friday October 27, 2017 @11:09AM (#15569115)
Why use binary VM instructions with a VM written in JS instead of just straight binary data? Why does it even need to be instructions in the first place?
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Re:Netflix: Removing client-side React.js improved performan... by christophilus on Friday October 27, 2017 @11:35AM (#15569398)
It needs to be instructions because the views aren't static. They are reactive. So some of the content is static, some might change due to user interaction. The VM understands this fundamentally and optimizes for that.
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Re:Netflix: Removing client-side React.js improved performan... by nerpderp83 on Friday October 27, 2017 @01:21PM (#15570380)
hbar is no longer Planck's Constant but the speed a which a metacircular hypecycle can JIT itself on your runtime.
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Re:Netflix: Removing client-side React.js improved performan... by CyberDildonics on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:31PM (#15570995)
I'm not clear on where the logic is needed. Even if there are cells or boxes that need to be a percentage of their parent and/or have min and max sizes etc, that can still just be binary data.
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