Hi, There is no "support" that needs to be added to make asm.js-style code run in Chrome. It already does.
I don't see any missed opportunity for the whole web. We're always optimizing V8 to run JavaScript code faster. The asm.js use-case is just one of many. We prioritize our optimization work by overall impact. Optimizations that will benefit the large body of typical JavaScript code that is already out there--and not just asm.js-style code--tend to top our to-do list, and I currently don't see a reason to change that. Danno On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:06 AM, E. M. Marston <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new here, so please forgive me if I'm not posting this in the right > place, or if the discussion has already occurred somewhere not amenable to > my googlings. > > Is there any thought to folding in awareness of asm.js-optimized code into > v8? As a front-end dev with a penchant for good old C, I'm super-excited > about asm.js, but 'einmal ist keinmal'; it won't count as the new hotness > until it has more than one browser behind it. > > Enabling a powerful new technology like asm.js is definitely within the > ambit of Chrome and V8. There will be a missed opportunity for the whole > web unless there is cross-engine support for asm.js. > > The first sprint wouldn't necessarily need to do anything other than > recognize the asm.js directive; implementing actual optimisation, so that > asm.js code runs faster than other ECMAScript code, could be done > iteratively and progressively over many months. > > I might start working on it myself if there's no interest from someone > with less ramp-up time (I'm a newcomer to the V8 project.) > > ~Beth > (and thanks for v8 <3) > > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
