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Re:WebVM: WASM virtual machine in browser with networking vi... by bheadmaster on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:12AM (#33119367)
Why would it be written in C when it could be written in assembly? Lazy programmers.

This used to be a serious argument once, by the way.

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Re:WebVM: WASM virtual machine in browser with networking vi... by danielheath on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:12AM (#33119730)
"Structured programming" (AKA the 'for' loop, 'if' statements) had early adopters, and serious arguments over their wasteful inefficiency took place at industry events.
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Re:WebVM: WASM virtual machine in browser with networking vi... by infinite8s on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:31AM (#33120313)
You should read what John von Neumann said about assemblers...
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