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Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by higherpurpose on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @04:07PM (#9070946)
Windows dependency of IE is one of the worst things about IE - like having to restart your PC to update your browser. What year is this again?
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Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by integraton on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @04:13PM (#9070981)
The fact that it was stagnant, ubiquitous, limited to Windows, and encouraged ActiveX were the major issues, since it made it more difficult and expensive to develop and transition to web applications for about a decade.
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Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by wmf on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:19PM (#9071765)
Windows will automatically reboot every 6 weeks anyway once evergreen Windows 365 comes out.
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