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Re:Write your own Virtual CPU in C++ by hello_hn on Sunday September 28, 2014 @12:12AM (#8378908)
Another one in JS that boots linux:

http://riscv.org/angel

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Re:Write your own Virtual CPU in C++ by acqq on Sunday September 28, 2014 @01:51AM (#8379058)
It's orders of magnitude slower than Bellard's JSLinux (http://bellard.org/jslinux/) on my iPad. I haven't waited until the end.
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Re:Write your own Virtual CPU in C++ by hello_hn on Sunday September 28, 2014 @02:43PM (#8380560)
That's largely (entirely?) because it's a 64-bit system whereas jslinux is 32-bit (JS does not natively support 64-bit ints).
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