Re:Asm.js: a strict subset of js for compilers – working draft
by chc on Friday February 15, 2013 @03:41PM
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> I'm protesting that there is a syntax to this 'VM'.
That isn't a very reasonable thing to protest. Every language has a syntax. That includes every ASM variant. Syntax is an inherent aspect of language. What it sounds like you're actually offended by is that its syntax is very different from most ASM syntaxes.
> The semantics of JS are pretty horrible too.
Are you talking about asm.js, or are you talking about the superset that is not relevant to this discussion?
That isn't a very reasonable thing to protest. Every language has a syntax. That includes every ASM variant. Syntax is an inherent aspect of language. What it sounds like you're actually offended by is that its syntax is very different from most ASM syntaxes.
> The semantics of JS are pretty horrible too.
Are you talking about asm.js, or are you talking about the superset that is not relevant to this discussion?