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Re:Gap between asm.js and native gets narrower with float32 ... by serge2k on Friday December 20, 2013 @01:47PM (#6943180)
Anything is possible in brainfuck too. You can also do all your coding in just C++ templates.

Doesn't make it a good idea.

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Re:Gap between asm.js and native gets narrower with float32 ... by coldtea on Friday December 20, 2013 @04:07PM (#6944028)
Yes, if only using the browser as a platform also had other benefits... Oh, wait!
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Re:Gap between asm.js and native gets narrower with float32 ... by serge2k on Friday December 20, 2013 @04:52PM (#6944301)
I fail to see the benefit of building a jvm to run in a javascript engine.

I would rather see effort to develop a better language than JS for the web. Now someone will bring up emscripten and dart...

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Re:Gap between asm.js and native gets narrower with float32 ... by coldtea on Saturday December 21, 2013 @01:26AM (#6945985)
>I fail to see the benefit of building a jvm to run in a javascript engine.

That's because you picked a very specific example to suit your argument.

How about seing the benefit of building games to run in the browser with near native speed? Or something like Mathematica? Or an image editor, etc etc...

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Re:Gap between asm.js and native gets narrower with float32 ... by _random_ on Saturday December 21, 2013 @02:33PM (#6947665)
The long-term plan is to avoid being locked into crappy languages such as JS and HTML/CSS and give developers more freedom.
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