Wine on Javascript

[Bruno Jesus]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 7:25 AM, Jesse Litton <wine at eternaldusk.com> wrote:
> This is why I try to avoid the internet on April 1st.

I believe Zhenbo is telling the truth, since the kernel already boots
from javascript [1] it's perfectly plausible that any application can
run over it.

[1] http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Best Regards,
Bruno

> On 04/01/2015 04:05 AM, Zhenbo Li wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I'm came up with this idea since last year, and I'm glad to share this
>> idea to you today.
>>
>> We tried to compile wine with clang[1], and most of the blocks have
>> been fixed[2]. I tried it on my computer, and wine was built
>> successfully, but `make test` failed.' I think wine+clang would work
>> fine soon.
>> Besides, the JavaScript engines are improving, for example, Google
>> V8[3], and we can expect a better performance[4].
>>
>> Now, let's connect them: Why not run wine's IR with a JavaScript engine?[5]
>> At least, we have such benefits:
>> 1. We can offer a online demo for wine
>> 2. Wine can work on portable devices
>> 3. Wine user can use the same prefix on different devices
>> 4. We can have a better backend[6]
>>
>> This is my humble idea. I'm looking forward to your reply.
>>
>> [1]: http://wiki.winehq.org/Clang
>> [2]: https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=10638
>> [3]: https://code.google.com/p/v8/
>> [4]: http://arewefastyet.com/
>> [5]: http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/
>> [6]: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/graphics-acceleration-for-html5-and-java-script-engine-jit-optimization-for-mobile-devices
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