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A comment on Parallel.js: A javascript library for parallel computing.

Re:Parallel.js: A javascript library for parallel computing by itsnotvalid on Saturday February 23, 2013 @09:07PM (#5272415)
Is this compatible with non-worker-ready browsers?
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Re:Parallel.js: A javascript library for parallel computing by hughes on Saturday February 23, 2013 @09:20PM (#5272458)
Doesn't look like it. Clicking "Try It" does nothing, so I guess it has no single-threaded fallback.
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Re:Parallel.js: A javascript library for parallel computing by adambom on Saturday February 23, 2013 @11:13PM (#5272791)
You need a way to spawn threads. There may be a way to implement this in the main browser event loop but I have yet to think of a way.
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