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		cleverjake on March 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Asm.js Bothers Me I think that short concise bytecode is why we have high level languages like javascript to begin with.

astrodust on March 28, 2013 [–]

By "bytecode" we probably mean "ActionScript" which is a train-wreck of an implementation due to differing bytecode formats internally for various versions of Flash.

Maybe this is why people are terrified of the idea.

cleverjake on April 9, 2013 | [–]

No, by bytecode, I mean bytecode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytecode

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