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Re:Will Emscripten/Asm.js kill Web-Development as we know it? by anton-107 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:29AM (#5454627)
Isn't it exactly a thing in which Java failed about a decade ago? Apps running in a VM using GUI toolkit instead of DOM, delivered right into your browser window? What could be better? Well it's proved to be a total failure on the web.
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Re:Will Emscripten/Asm.js kill Web-Development as we know it? by swombat on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:33AM (#5454966)
Oh, agreed. But that's the idea that's being pitched.
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