RE: Javascript Linux
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 20:08:07 -0400
Ok I will tell that to my wife next time she is complaining about the
browser she is using. I will admit though she complains a hell of a lot
less than me.
Ken
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:56 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Javascript Linux
Reliably? For accessibility...no :). For everyone else, it works pretty
well.
On 5/18/11, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's amazing a browser can do this considering at times I wonder if most
> browsers can even load a web page reliably.
>
> ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:39 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Javascript Linux
>
> Of course, it's amazing he could do it considering javascript's humble
> beginnings from Netsscape.
>
> On 5/18/11, David Tseng <davidct1209@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yeah...true, but add enough language support (such as packed binary
>> byte arrays) js compilation, and you can write abstractions to model
>> whatever you want.
>>
>> On 5/18/11, Sina Bahram <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Indeed, but java is a tad bit different than javascript, and by tad, I
>>> sort
>>> of mean entire universes.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>> Sina
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:30 PM
>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: Javascript Linux
>>>
>>> Sweet. Not too surprised it's possible. I remember hacking on a OS
>>> written entirely in java and a mips CPU in C; it had a pretty
>>> realistic VM/demand paging system as I recall and also supported
>>> networking between multiple running instances.
>>> On 5/18/11, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sina sent this to another list we are on and I thought other
programmers
>>>> might be interested in knowing just how powerful Javascript is getting.
>>>> This is a PC emulator running Linux. This pc emulator is written in
>>>> Javascript. You can use this with Jaws by turning off virtual cursor
>>>> when
>>>> typing and just reviewing the web page when not typing with virtual
>>>> cursor
>>>> on. I don't know how good it works with other screen reader. The guy
>>>> also
>>>> has his own tiny cc compiler that can also be used to run c as a shell
>>>> which
>>>> is pretty cool by doing
>>>> #!/bin/tcc -r
>>>>
>>>> Which makes the compiler really cool. But anyway this is probably the
>>>> most
>>>> impressive bit of Javascript I have ever seen.
>>>>
>>>> http://bellard.org/jslinux
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
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