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[[asm.js]] is Mozillla's attempt to compete with performance of [[Google]]'s [[V8]] machine by defining subset of [[JavaScript]] that they will be able to execute quickly. It is another attempt to use [[JavaScript]] as another assembly language, not as a language people code directly in (use only numbers, no object structures, no callback, more weaknesses of such approach described [http://mrale.ph/blog/2013/03/28/why-asmjs-bothers-me.html? here]). | [[asm.js]] is Mozillla's attempt to compete with performance of [[Google]]'s [[V8]] machine by defining subset of [[JavaScript]] that they will be able to execute quickly. It is another attempt to use [[JavaScript]] as another assembly language, not as a language people code directly in (use only numbers, no object structures, no callback, more weaknesses of such approach described [http://mrale.ph/blog/2013/03/28/why-asmjs-bothers-me.html? here]). | ||
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| + | Here is an opinion from [http://ejohn.org/blog/asmjs-javascript-compile-target/ the other side] - after reading bits of it I could almost admit that the intentions are not that bad. | ||