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Re:Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. by qbg on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @01:20PM (#2557027)
In theory, someone could create a common bytecode as a library. Such a library would probably use the Relooper algorithm from Emscripten (https://github.com/kripken/emscripten) and JIT the bytecode to Javascript that can then be eval'd for near Javascript-level speed.
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Re:Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. by chc on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @01:44PM (#2557119)
The whole idea is to get better performance than current JavaScript interpreters allow. Making something slower than JavaScript is the opposite of why people want a common bytecode.
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Re:Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. by memvov on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @01:30AM (#2583023)
It can be implemented first on Emscripten to see if people like it; later it can be standardized.
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