Asm.js
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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 | + | [[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]). |
Revision as of 05:03, 1 April 2013
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 here).