RE: Javascript Linux
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 19:50:32 -0400
It's amazing a browser can do this considering at times I wonder if most
browsers can even load a web page reliably.
ken
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[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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