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  Just heard about this - WebAssembly bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-15 12:01 -0700
    Re: Just heard about this - WebAssembly "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-03-15 21:23 -0700
      Re: Just heard about this - WebAssembly "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-03-15 21:27 -0700
      Re: Just heard about this - WebAssembly bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-16 00:18 -0700
        Re: Just heard about this - WebAssembly Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-03-16 10:30 -0300
        Re: Just heard about this - WebAssembly "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-03-16 12:11 -0700
      Re: Just heard about this - WebAssembly bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-16 00:18 -0700

#30005 — Just heard about this - WebAssembly

I read about this just now:

https://thestack.com/world/2016/03/15/webassembly-chrome-edge-firefox-angry-bots/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare


This sounds REALLY COOL! :)

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#30012

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 2:01:24 PM UTC-5, bit-n...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I read about this just now:
> 
> https://thestack.com/world/2016/03/15/webassembly-chrome-edge-firefox-angry-bots/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
> 
> 
> This sounds REALLY COOL! :)

There is a ton of news out there on the topic, and it's great news. I've been watching the development of this closely as it's the compilation target for the programming language I'm working on. The benefit for not only games, but compilation in general has been long overdue.

I want to refer you and others to Brendan Eich's talk from last year and this [1][2].

[1] <https://brendaneich.com/2015/06/from-asm-js-to-webassembly/>
[2] <https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UYoKyuFXrM?autoplay=1>

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#30013

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 11:24:05 PM UTC-5, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 2:01:24 PM UTC-5, bit-n...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > I read about this just now:
> > 
> > https://thestack.com/world/2016/03/15/webassembly-chrome-edge-firefox-angry-bots/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
> > 
> > 
> > This sounds REALLY COOL! :)
> 
> There is a ton of news out there on the topic, and it's great news. I've been watching the development of this closely as it's the compilation target for the programming language I'm working on. The benefit for not only games, but compilation in general has been long overdue.
> 
> I want to refer you and others to Brendan Eich's talk from last year and this [1][2].
> 
> [1] <https://brendaneich.com/2015/06/from-asm-js-to-webassembly/>
> [2] <https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UYoKyuFXrM?autoplay=1>

Also the Mozilla article:

<https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/03/a-webassembly-milestone/>

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#30014

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:54:05 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

>as it's the compilation target for the programming language I'm working on. 


Well, since you seem to know about these things, could you please explain that statement? What does the phrase "compilation target for the programming language" mean exactly?

Will it be possible, for example, to write Python or Perl code, and have that execute inside the browser? (provided somebody does all the stuff to *make* that possible, i.e. make the Python interpreter make code for the browser? (I have absolutely no *clue* what I'm talking about :) ) )

Thanks.

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#30016

On 16/03/16 04:18, bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:54:05 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
> 
>> as it's the compilation target for the programming language I'm working on. 
> 
> 
> Well, since you seem to know about these things, could you please explain that statement? What does the phrase "compilation target for the programming language" mean exactly?
> 
> Will it be possible, for example, to write Python or Perl code, and have that execute inside the browser? (provided somebody does all the stuff to *make* that possible, i.e. make the Python interpreter make code for the browser? (I have absolutely no *clue* what I'm talking about :) ) )

Read about LLVM.

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#30020

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 2:18:59 AM UTC-5, bit-n...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:54:05 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
> 
> >as it's the compilation target for the programming language I'm working on. 
> 
> 
> Well, since you seem to know about these things, could you please explain that statement? What does the phrase "compilation target for the programming language" mean exactly?
> 
> Will it be possible, for example, to write Python or Perl code, and have that execute inside the browser? (provided somebody does all the stuff to *make* that possible, i.e. make the Python interpreter make code for the browser? (I have absolutely no *clue* what I'm talking about :) ) )

Correct. This is drifting off-topic for the group, so I'll point you to an article on this:

<https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/12/compiling-to-webassembly-its-happening/>

You can also see a list of existing languages targeting asm.js / wasm:

<https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/List-of-languages-that-compile-to-JS>

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#30015

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:54:05 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

>as it's the compilation target for the programming language I'm working on. 


Well, since you seem to know about these things, could you please explain that statement? What does the phrase "compilation target for the programming language" mean exactly?

Will it be possible, for example, to write Python or Perl code, and have that execute inside the browser? (provided somebody does all the stuff to *make* that possible, i.e. make the Python interpreter make code for the browser? (I have absolutely no *clue* what I'm talking about :) ) )

Thanks.

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