lol and I'm wating for a pythonscript with processing..because python (for me) is really fun to learn.
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > Yup, WebAsm is now enabled in modern browsers, thanks to a stable API for > several releases. It's amazing how quickly this was defined and got > implemented! (Unlike es6 modules, es2015, going on 2 years late!). > > An interesting intro: > https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/02/a-cartoon-intro-to-webassembly/ > Four browsers commit to current API (also above) > https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webassembly/ > 2017Feb/0002.html > .. and it looks like latest dev releases have it turned on by default, > rather than via flags. > > It's not gonna kill JavaScript but it may provide entry for other > languages, as long as they can be compiled to LLVM (Low Level Virtual > Machine). The issue is getting the standard libraries converted. C/C++ are > go, as I understand it. I think Fortran too! > > -- Owen > > On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: binutils-ow...@sourceware.org [mailto:binutils-ow...@sourceware.org] >> On Behalf Of Pip Cet >> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 9:30 AM >> To: binut...@sourceware.org >> Subject: Partial WebAssembly backend >> >> I'd like to announce a WebAssembly backend for the GNU toolchain >> (binutils, gcc, glibc) that I've been working on for a while. >> >> WebAssembly (https://www.w3.org/community/webassembly/) is an object >> file format for a virtual machine implementing conventional 32-bit >> integer/64-bit floating-point arithmetic. Version 1 has been released on >> February 28 (https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webassembly/ >> 2017Feb/0002.html), >> and enabled in various browsers, including Mozilla. >> >> This binutils port produces and deals with ELF files containing >> WebAssembly code; WebAssembly modules (in the WebAssembly object file >> format) can be output using special linker scripts and -Obinary, but they >> cannot be used as input for any of the binutils programs at present. >> >> (While the gcc port, in particular, makes some decisions that negatively >> affect performance, the binutils port is quite general and should permit >> the assembly, linking, and manipulation of all WebAssembly code, provided >> it is still encapsulated in ELF files). >> >> The code is at https://github.com/pipcet/binutils-gdb, included from the >> larger project at https://github.com/pipcet/asmjs. Some documentation is >> available at https://github.com/pipcet/asmjs/blob/everything/wasm32.org >> (specific to the wasm32 target) and https://github.com/pipcet/asmj >> s/blob/everything/asmjs.org (for all three targets: asmjs, wasm32, and >> wasm64). The GitHub sources include support for using asm.js instead of >> wasm, and some rudimentary support for simulating a 64-bit machine using >> wasm. >> >> I'd appreciate any questions, comments or advice, and in particular I'd >> like to ask whether it is possible in theory to include this backend in the >> standard GNU binutils distribution; some work would be required on my end >> to do that, and I'm not sure it's worth the effort if there is no chance of >> inclusion at the end of the process. >> >> If anyone else has been or is planning to work on a WebAssembly backend, >> it would be great to hear from them, and maybe some of my code could be >> reused for that. >> >> Pip Cet >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove