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Re:Saying Goodbye to Asm.js by projektfu on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @01:50PM (#48211431)
I wish we had another alternate timeline.

"Our submission is in TALx86, a strongly typed functional language that encourages an explicit continuation-passing style and supports mutually recursive modules. We were encouraged to use this language when we learned that the competition would allow us to run our program on an interpreter implemented in hardware. We are grateful to the Intel Corporation for developing this interpreter."

https://www.cs.cornell.edu/talc/icfp99-contest/solution.htm

Re:Saying Goodbye to Asm.js by cylinder714 on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @07:48PM (#48215940)
Typed Assembly Language—fascinating. But since the software is "All rights reserved," I don't know if it can be used beyond personal use.
Re:Saying Goodbye to Asm.js by projektfu on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @08:04PM (#48216054)
True, it was a dead end perhaps.
Re:Saying Goodbye to Asm.js by nextaccountic on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:52PM (#48216860)
Isn't this approximately just wasm?
Re:Saying Goodbye to Asm.js by projektfu on Thursday May 21, 2026 @07:06AM (#48220666)
Is there hardware that executes WASM directly?