On 29 February 2012 23:09, Alan Kay <alan.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: [Recapitulation snipped]
> So, this gradually turned into an awful mess. But Linus went back to square > one Not really, it was just a reimplementation of the same thing on cheap modern hardware. > But there is still the browser and Javascript. But Javascript isn't fast > enough to do the particle system. Javascript is plenty fast enough to run a simulated x86 booting Linux and running applications: http://bellard.org/jslinux/ Granted, it shouldn't be necessary to go via Javascript. > But Google Chrome is only 13% penetrated, ~40% these days. Things move fast. The degree to which the "mess" we're in is avoidable (or, I'd go further, even undesirable) is also exaggerated. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
