Toward a language-neutral browser VM

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Claims that JavaScript can be a language‑neutral VM get concrete: compiled C/C++ via Emscripten plus the asm.js subset and Firefox’s OdinMonkey backend runs Unreal Engine 3 in four days, at about 1.3× slower than native on macro workloads and near‑native on microbenchmarks. Workable heap‑in‑typed‑arrays, GC integration, parallel workers and verified shared‑memory paths exist as engineering items; code‑size, load time and JIT/verification overhead determine whether hand‑written JS or generated code wins.

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