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JS is almost close to the metal nowadays thanks to the stunningly optimized JIT.
by npigrounet 5y ago
JS is almost close to the metal nowadays thanks to the stunningly optimized JIT.
- amw-zero 5y agoCan you initialize a kernel with JS?
- goldenkey 5y agoOf course. Have you not seen the VMs written in JS? https://bellard.org/jslinux/ https://bellard.org/jslinux/
- amw-zero 5y agoThat is a VM running in a web browser. If I was thinking about a joke that was so comically far away from the metal, that’s pretty much what I would use as an example. This is why it’s very difficult to have conversations. Most programmers really don’t even know how computers work.
- goldenkey 5y agoHeh, I know plenty about how computers work. You didn't specify what hardware you wanted targeted. Emulated devices are just abstractions. Here is a real kernel: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7958194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7958194 It's so difficult to have conversations with engineers that don't know x86 assembly. They never stop complaining. If only I could NOP them! ;-)