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fnimicktoday at 4:00 PM3 repliesview on HN

Oh hey, we've reached the "Metal" stage! https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...


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epistasistoday at 5:32 PM

Whoa, I haven not been following ASM.js stuff in any detail.

Seeing that Metal replaces kernel/userspace boundaries with VM protections for memory, meaning that system call overhead is eliminated, at the price of ASM/VM overhead.

What a fascinating idea. Kidding on the square...

monaxtoday at 4:05 PM

I'm doing my part ∠(‘-‘)

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kiddicotoday at 4:20 PM

Thank you for the reminder to do my yearly viewing of that video lol