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...ld be possible to express Javascript in LLVM. But a quick review of existing projects indicates that, while LLVM -> Javascript has been taken on, what I'm seeking has not been done to date. Have I missed anything, or is there any reason not to attempt a project like this? Regards, Julian Klappenbach -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/attachments/20120818/5520ed3b/attachment.html>

I think a good starting point for you would be the work that has gone into Native Client. On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Julian Klappenbach <jklappenbach at gmail.com> wrote: > Not necessarily looking for performance gains from LLVM. Instead, the value > comes from having a common base platform which can gain language > independence, address security concerns, support common tooling (debugging, > editing, etc), and p...

...s which is another big language-specific > optimization opportunity). Oh, and in JavaScript "objects" have a > number of additional semantics which prevent them from being actually > used as pure hashtables! > > --Sean Silva > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Julian Klappenbach > <jklappenbach at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a concept for which I'm conducting an initial analysis. The > broader > > idea is to create an LLVM, JIT based runtime that would create a platform > > amenable to scripting languages, but do so while enforcing an op...

...et implicitly converted to strings which is another big language-specific optimization opportunity). Oh, and in JavaScript "objects" have a number of additional semantics which prevent them from being actually used as pure hashtables! --Sean Silva On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Julian Klappenbach <jklappenbach at gmail.com> wrote: > I have a concept for which I'm conducting an initial analysis. The broader > idea is to create an LLVM, JIT based runtime that would create a platform > amenable to scripting languages, but do so while enforcing an optional > sandbox envir...

19.08.2012, 00:39, "Julian Klappenbach" <jklappenbach at gmail.com>: >With this approach, the community would gain language independence for browsers Browser community is strongly opposed to the idea of having multiple web-faced languages > The first language I'd like to tackle is ECMAScript / Javascript. You can...

On Aug 18, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Julian Klappenbach <jklappenbach at gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm envisioning a use case where browsers would utilize this runtime to execute not only javascript, but also python, ruby, etc. Language specific interpreters could be downloaded on the fly to support scripts, and security would be ensured d...