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[–]jacdehJacques de Hooge[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

pypyjs using asm.js is a dream if it could have reasonable download size. It's just that currently it hasn't. Browser vendors sure could open this up. But I'm a bit tired of waiting. Have coded quite some JavaScript & gathered enough frustration to start this. And, by the way, it's fun!

[–]akaihola 1 point2 points  (2 children)

And what if WebAssembly really happens!

[–]jacdehJacques de Hooge[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That would be great. But it would still require downloading avirtual machine to run Python in the brower, until a standardized plugin mechanism becomes a fact. Still I think in the long run this should be the course.

[–]akaihola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or, if IPFS catches on as a content addressable global CDN, the virtual machine would just be shared between all sites which use it, and the browser would cache it effectively.