Re: [Edbrowse-dev] interprocess messages

[Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>]

Karl Dahlke <eklhad@comcast.net> writes:

> and compiling js code into native cpu code for speed.
> Really? A true js compiler?

I'm not sure how familiar you are with Google Docs, but they've
implemented a word processor, spread sheet, and presentation
manager as web apps.  So they definitely have an interest in making all
this stuff fast.  Also, on devices like the ChromeBook, the OS is
basically the browser.  Yeah, it's Linux under the hood, but unless you
replace the software on it, you'll be doing everything through the
browser.

And then there's just plain sillyness, like the x86 emulator implemented
in JS.  Yes, you can actually run Linux in an x86 emulator inside your
browser.  Why you'd want to do that is another question entirely.

Regarding my earlier post about V8, here are some links
describing the issues that Gentoo had with it.

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/88222
http://phajdan-jr.blogspot.com/2013/11/when-libraries-you-use-are-moving-too.html

I'm not at all against the switch, if it will be nicer to deal with.
But if we do switch, we probably want to bundle our own version of V8
with edbrowse.

Getting a V8 hello world is definitely on my to-do list.

-- Chris