BusyBeaver in JavaScript


This page will load fast in Firefox, slowly in IE, and very slowly in Chrome. In Chrome, try BusyBeaver in Google Native Client.


Consider that a single BusyBeaver digest with 50,000 iterations takes:

... whereas on the same computer, this JavaScript executes in 500 ms in Firefox, with optimized asm.js.

The compiled size of BusyBeaver is:

... whereas this JavaScript is 700 kB.

Look at the source code of BusyBeaver.js. Is it that much better than binary? Is it more compatible? Safer?

Why not implement PNaCl?

— denis bider

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