Javascript bytecode

[Timon Gehr]

On 12/21/2012 09:37 AM, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
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> On 21.12.2012 08:02, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/20/2012 10:05 PM, deadalnix wrote:
>>> No you explained that java's bytecode doesn't solve that problem.
>>> Which is quite
>>> different.
>>
>> I did, but obviously you did not find that satisfactory. Let me put it
>> this way:
>>
>> Design a bytecode format, and present it here, that is CTFEable and is
>> not able to be automatically decompiled.
>
> Sorry, can't resist: How about feeding the x86 machine byte code
> (including some fixup information) into an interpreter? Maybe not
> realistic,

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

> but a data point in the field of possible "byte codes". The
> interpreter might even enjoy hardware support ;-)
>

Direct hardware support is not achievable because CTFE needs to be pure 
and safe.

> That might not cover all possible architectures, but if the distributed
> library is compiled for one platform only, CTFEing against another won't
> make much sense anyway.
>