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0 pointstimje112y ago0 comments

To be fair, if you want ultra-high performance for high quality 3d games, why did you learn javascript? Go away and learn C or C++ ...

This doesn't give anything to web developers. It gives C / C++ developers a way onto the web.

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chc12y ago

> To be fair, if you want ultra-high performance for high quality 3d games, why did you learn javascript?

That's not fair at all, because there are valid answers to that question like "Because I also want my programs to run in the browser."

corysama12y ago

Until recently, that was a contradictory set of goals. Now it's pretty feasible to achieve both goals using C++. But, not so much with hand-written JS... (Feasible, not arguing theoretical)

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liviu12y ago

What makes you think that many web developers don't already know C/C++?

Many developers choose the web because there is their audience, their business, their future. And we know that people don't like to install stuffs, they want to consume a product LIVE.

TazeTSchnitzel12y ago

Well, you can also write asm.js code manually to squeeze out performance, if you need to.

camus212y ago

it's faster to learn C and all the toolchain than writing any meaningfull code in asm.js directly, asm.js is not javascript, as strange as it sounds.

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chc12y ago

> To be fair, if you want ultra-high performance for high quality 3d games, why did you learn javascript?

That's not fair at all, because there are valid answers to that question like "Because I also want my programs to run in the browser."

corysama12y ago

Until recently, that was a contradictory set of goals. Now it's pretty feasible to achieve both goals using C++. But, not so much with hand-written JS... (Feasible, not arguing theoretical)

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liviu12y ago

What makes you think that many web developers don't already know C/C++?

Many developers choose the web because there is their audience, their business, their future. And we know that people don't like to install stuffs, they want to consume a product LIVE.

TazeTSchnitzel12y ago

Well, you can also write asm.js code manually to squeeze out performance, if you need to.

camus212y ago

it's faster to learn C and all the toolchain than writing any meaningfull code in asm.js directly, asm.js is not javascript, as strange as it sounds.

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