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A comment on "Optimizations should be added to V8" for the asm.js subset of JavaScript.

Re:"Optimizations should be added to V8" for the asm.js subs... by kayoone on Thursday March 28, 2013 @05:30AM (#5453935)
Smart move, Asm.js could basically be the gate opener for Chrome OS. Suddenly it makes sense if the OS is just a browser, if you imagine you could run things like Photoshop, Office or your complete development enviroment from any browser. Emscripten already has examples of QT apps running in the browser, this enables a whole new world of web development.
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Re:"Optimizations should be added to V8" for the asm.js subs... by lucian1900 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:39AM (#5454669)
That's already possible with NaCl, and will soon also be possible with PNaCl.
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Re:"Optimizations should be added to V8" for the asm.js subs... by lucian1900 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @11:15AM (#5455278)
Confusing downvote, what I said is factually correct. That's how Bastion, Angry Birds and I believe Netflix as well run on Chrome OS.
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