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fnimickyesterday at 4:00 PM4 repliesview on HN

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


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p0w3n3dyesterday at 8:48 PM

I don't know if it's only me, but did this guy... Did this guy make a huge mistake?

I think he was trying to bend reality with words. I can see many apps that are running in electron on my laptop, each consuming 300MB+ (e.g. Spotify), while many other apps are written in native Swift for example, especially with the help of AI, giving the best performance possible...

Edit.

And prices of RAM nowadays...

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monaxyesterday at 4:05 PM

I'm doing my part ∠(‘-‘)

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epistasisyesterday 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...

kiddicoyesterday at 4:20 PM

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