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Re:Why Asm.js Bothers Me by snird on Thursday March 28, 2013 @04:52PM (#5457522)
If it is not JavaScript, and it gains it's performance by static typing - well, we already have a language like that, and it's more production ready than asm.js - it's Dart.
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Re:Why Asm.js Bothers Me by mraleph on Thursday March 28, 2013 @05:09PM (#5457639)
Dart is not statically typed.
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Re:Why Asm.js Bothers Me by chrisbu on Thursday March 28, 2013 @05:19PM (#5457710)
In an addition to the parent comment, Dart uses its type system to increase performance, even when generating JavaScript: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbLkYlbEZ1E
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