Re:Firefox Operating System: Finally Launched at Mobile Cong...
by pcwalton on Sunday March 10, 2013 @03:53AM
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"It'll be "fast enough", which is what you're claiming for asm.js's backwards compatibility mode, and PNaCL is a whole heck of a lot faster than that."
I haven't seen PNaCl benchmarks. Have you?
It is true that the compilers for asm.js are more immature than LLVM at this time, but there's nothing stopping asm.js from reaching that level.
Again, it's just syntax. You're complaining about the fact that the code is delivered in a backwards compatible surface syntax and extrapolating that to unfounded assumptions that it must be slow. It's really an absurd claim.
I haven't seen PNaCl benchmarks. Have you?
It is true that the compilers for asm.js are more immature than LLVM at this time, but there's nothing stopping asm.js from reaching that level.
Again, it's just syntax. You're complaining about the fact that the code is delivered in a backwards compatible surface syntax and extrapolating that to unfounded assumptions that it must be slow. It's really an absurd claim.