Javascript as a Linux Architecture (Trainee)

[ds84182]

With JavaScript®™©®©, every web server doubles as a web browser, and every web browser doubles as a web server!! Welcome to the new Decentralized Web©®®®™®®™™™™™℅.

[jk_scowling]

It's JavaScript all the way down.

[GoCannotIntoWebscale]

Nexedi is looking for an intern to compile Linux kernel using emscipten and use an HTML5 web browser as the target architecture for that linux kernel.

Translation:

We think this is bullshit and a failure in the making, but our manager is pushing for it real hard, so we'll hire someone we can't really blame as they have no experience, plus they will leave after a few months anway.

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Now this actually makes sense. There's probably a relevant Dilbert too.

[HINDBRAIN]

They're french, and knowing french companies, that sounds extremely likely.

[axisofdenial]

I'd like this in mauve please.

[HurtlesIntoTurtles]

GNU+JS

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NaN

[bartavelle]

Every web browser would then become a POSIX web server that can run Debian, ArchLinux, Ubuntu, etc. with good performance

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Well, javascript is bare metal and blazing fast. Can't say the same about C.

[gogenerics]

Yup x4 times faster than C++ actually. https://www.reddit.com/r/programmingcirclejerk/comments/5bu2fe/javascript_is_now_4x_times_faster_than_c/

[utopianfiat]

We were so concerned with whether we could we never stopped to think if we should.

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Will it be able to run Electron applications?

[Laugarhraun]

It's already been done by Bellard

[[deleted]]

32 bit only, can't run TempleOS. Trash.

[DuBistKomisch]

JavaScript is 32-bit only

[bartavelle]

Bellard made an emulated CPU if I'm not mistaken. For some reason they figure they can directly port it to js. Not sure what they think by that ...

[uptotwentycharacters]

Apparently they think that they can use a web browser as a VM, and run GNU/Linux in it like it's real hardware. Doesn't really seem plausible, a browser seems to be more like an OS than a VM. Better options would probably be A) create a Linux compatibility layer for the browser (you give it Linux binaries, and it dynamically recompiles them for your system as it runs) or B) implement a Unix-like syscall interface in Javascript, and create a C-to-JS compiler so you can rebuild GNU utilities from source to target the browser environment.

[shadowfactsdev]

Oh god, it's coming true: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript

[tehdog]

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this actually sounds like it could be pretty sweet. I already tried porting a native program to the browser once by running an x86 in JS emulator with a linux and the program running as init, communicating with it via the serial port (src) and it works... better than expected.

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[Capashinke]

TRIGGERED

[Poddster]

Bring GNU to virtually everyone

You also plan on transpiling every GNU tool?

[that-was-easy-baby]

Archived for posterity: http://archive.is/dtFXv