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Re:Asm.js: a strict subset of js for compilers – working draft by coldtea on Saturday February 16, 2013 @08:38AM (#5231430)
>'Very acceptable' speed isn't what consumers are looking for when comparing battery life and wall-clock performance between competing platforms.

Where does the idea come that V8s and co very acceptable speeds come at the expense of battery life and wall-clock performance???

Not to mention that people are using far less capable web apps in the mobile and desktop space now (i.e pre-asm.js javascript), so the increase in speed due to the asm.js/optimisation standardisation would only make battery life and wall-clock performance better.

Re:Asm.js: a strict subset of js for compilers – working draft by skatepark on Saturday February 16, 2013 @11:10AM (#5231866)
At the expense of battery life and performance as _compared to native applications_.