turbolent
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
GCC just got musttail too: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83324#c27
Comment · 2 years ago
Very few languages have "Some Language -> C" or "Some Language -> non-common OS / arch combo". The "just" part is a whole new backend, which is a massive amount of work for common languages.
But it turns out many languages do have "Some Language -> WASM" now. WebAssembly brings portability to the table.
Comment · 2 years ago
Exactly!
Comment · 2 years ago
You do not have to deal with the generated C, simply consider it the IR.
The main benefit of generating C over LLVM IR is portability: C is supported by far more systems than LLVM can target.
For example, it enables porting Rust applications to Mac OS 9 (https://twitter.com/turbolent/status/1617231570573873152), or porting Python to all sorts of operating systems and CPUs (https://twitter.com/turbolent/status/1621992945745547264).
The main "goal" of w2c2 so far has been allowing to port applications and libraries to as many systems as possible. For more information, see the README of w2c2.
Comment · 2 years ago
Just to clarify: Compared to wasm2c, w2c2 does not (yet) have sandboxing capabilities, so assumes the translated WebAssembly module is trustworthy.
The main "goal" of w2c2 so far has been allowing to port applications and libraries to as many systems as possible.
Comment · 7 years ago
If you are looking for a more flexible solution with support for any layout and support for animations, something like iOS' UICollectionView or Android's RecyclerView, have a look at https://github.com/turbolent/collection-view.
Comment · 12 years ago
Impressive. What are the differences for decoding/load time? Especially on mobile devices this is a big deciding factor.
Comment · 12 years ago
The paper (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~nlao/publication/2014.kdd.pdf) mentions the extracted knowledge base is about 38 times larger than DeepDive's, the largest previous comparable system.
Comment · 12 years ago
The title is highly misleading.