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by shaka881 5241 days ago
For now, it is only adopted by Chrome. The code for NaCl is all open sourced and the ABI is stable, so other parties could adopt it if they were so inclined.

The difference is that it allows for extremely fast native code execution within a sandboxed environment, compiled from languages that normally target native environments (C/C++/etc.) With NaCl you can run very resource intensive games without risk of exposing your system to malicious software. A boon for the indie devs that want to cross-compile for other platforms, or those that just can't stand Javascript. :)