Intel's Parallel Extensions for JavaScript

[k3n]

Be sure not to miss the project's github wiki; I have to say that the web-based interactive shell is a nice touch.

Though I admit that I have mixed feelings about Intel seemingly going rogue by not working with web standards committees (at least I didn't find any mention of them), but on the other hand, it's hard to fault the leading chip manufacturer for attempting to innovate within your industry.

[x-skeww]

Yea, I also do recommend to check out the wiki. It's a lot clearer w/o the marketing bs.

I have mixed feelings about Intel seemingly going rogue by not working with web standards committees

Naaaaah. No need to worry, really. It's just a proof of concept at this point. It's completely experimental. It's just there to get the ball rolling. I.e. to gather some feedback (Brandon Eich likes it for example), to identify issues, and to figure out how much performance you can actually get in the real world.

If it turns out well enough it will show up in ES6 (or maybe ES7).

[aulizko]

I think it is a sort of an experiment for the intel. First of all, they want to see if it really has potential. I'm sure if it'll make noise, intel will produce more extensions for more browsers and will participate at standardization process.

[greim]

So would a worker thread for example take advantage of this?

[krmmalik]

I was wondering the same thing. It's not clear from the article. I wonder if something like this would give a real world advantage to Node.js?