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nl on July 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Interview with Alan Kay

But I can't remember a single web-related technology that made my jaw drop in amazement.

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Maybe not what you meant, but still pretty jaw dropping.

seabee on July 12, 2012 [–]

Jaw-dropping for the wrong reasons IMO. Reinventing the virtual machine poorly in a web browser is an impressive feat given the technical limitations but what does that actually prove? The demoscene is far more impressive in that regard.

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