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Re:Maintaining an Independent Browser Is Expensive by saagarjha on Sunday December 03, 2017 @04:27AM (#15836786)
Besides the obvious benefits to Apple, I believe the reason behind this is because allowing JIT execution would open up a security risk.
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Re:Maintaining an Independent Browser Is Expensive by rahkiin on Sunday December 03, 2017 @06:59AM (#15837216)
Yes, because they would need to allow write-executable memory pages. Disallowing those closes the risk of executing non-verified code.
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