it allows you to define and execute assembly code in the image.

Esteban

> On 14 Oct 2015, at 18:24, Robert Withers <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'd think there's just as much concern with all the globals.  What does 
> ASMJIT do? a Jit?
> 
> thanks so much ^^
> Robert
> 
> On 10/14/2015 11:18 AM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>> but beware… ASMJIT part of NB (and well… NB it self, that means) will fade 
>> away…
>> it will remain compatible (95% of the cases), but we will unload it… there 
>> is a lot of maintainability and security concerns around it.
>> 
>> Esteban
>> 
>> 
>>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 17:13, Max Leske <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 17:01, Robert Withers <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I ran across it browsing and it looks pretty interesting. It's purpose 
>>>> remains a mystery to to me.
>>> 
>>> NativeBoost provides an FFI. It’s used by Athens for example to render the 
>>> fonts in Pharo using Cairo (http://cairographics.org).
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Max
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> thanks so much ^^
>>>> Robert
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 


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