Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly

Re:Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly by pjmlp on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:29AM (#16052881)

No, there are other XAML variants, like Avalon and Xamarin.Forms.

JavaFX also follows the same design ideas.

And there is QML as well.

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Re:Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly by qwerty456127 on Thursday January 04, 2018 @12:34AM (#16068287)

Xamarin.Forms is cool but still doesn't work on Linux so it seems the same story as XAML to me - cool but of little use, unlike to HTML which is less cool but absolutely useful as it works everywhere. JavaFX - doesn't work on mobiles/tablets (there was a prototype in 2011, seemingly abandoned), sadly it seems to be about as dead as Flash and Silverlight now. As for QML - search results suggest it works everywhere but still hardly a popular choice for some reason, worth taking a closer look perhaps (but I still doubt it can compare to HTML as using Qt means producing binary builds for every platform to support AFAIK).

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Re:Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly by pjmlp on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:26AM (#16068777)

Avalonia (which I mistyped as Avalon) works in Linux, so XAML works on Linux.

JavaFX surely works on mobile.

http://gluonhq.com/

HTML is useless without a binary build of a running browser, that doesn't expose platform specific APIs.

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