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by leotaku 1816 days ago
Apparently I also don't? I fail to see the connection you are making.
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Santosh83 1816 days ago
He is saying that all data is ultimately (potentially) code...
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leotaku 1816 days ago
I get that this is the von Neumann architecture. What I don't get is how not understanding it connects to not wanting WASM or JITs in your web browser.

Note also that the author explicitly mentions they are not that concerned with JavaScript performance and would instead prefer a supposed simpler and easier to understand interpreter.

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chrismsimpson 1816 days ago
That and the fact you're going to have to pay for your sandboxed abstractions somehow with optimisations.
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