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Re:Asm.js: a strict subset of js for compilers – working draft by smosher on Friday February 15, 2013 @04:16PM (#5228733)
I am getting the feeling that marketing asm.js needs to emphasize a few things:

- It is JS.

- It is effectively an IL for every JS backend.

- It is constructed to contain proven equivalences with familiar models in advance.

To me these points alone suffice shut down the standard bytecode idea by either meeting or exceeding it everywhere. Finally:

- Today.

Nothing needed breaking to build it. You've got your eggs and omelet too.

Edit: format.

Re:Asm.js: a strict subset of js for compilers – working draft by adamnemecek on Friday February 15, 2013 @04:43PM (#5228850)
>> "To me these points alone suffice shut down the standard bytecode idea by either meeting or exceeding it everywhere."

Today