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| author | Alon Zakai <alonzakai@gmail.com> | 2015-11-11 20:50:42 -0800 |
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| committer | Alon Zakai <alonzakai@gmail.com> | 2015-11-11 20:50:42 -0800 |
| commit | 1ac690c7adddebeaa4d73a96bca0153b5f92db5b (patch) | |
| tree | 73132623e679e8691703d5f69e14ecef6bba8752 | |
| parent | e53badb26a1a3d2de0c7df30bb7e656299d91b21 (diff) | |
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faq movement
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@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ The `check.py` script supports some options: * If tests are provided, we run exactly those. If none are provided, we run them all. * `asm2wasm` tests require no dependencies. `wasm.js` tests require `emcc` and `nodejs` in the path. -## FAQ - - * How does `asm2wasm` relate to the new WebAssembly backend which is being developed in upstream LLVM? - * This is separate from that. `asm2wasm` focuses on compiling asm.js to WebAssembly, as emitted by Emscripten's asm.js backend. This is useful because while in the long term Emscripten hopes to use the new WebAssembly backend, the `asm2wasm` route is a very quick and easy way to generate WebAssembly output. It will also be useful for benchmarking the new backend as it progresses. - ## License & Contributing Same as Emscripten: MIT license. @@ -134,7 +129,13 @@ Same as Emscripten: MIT license. * Reference interpreter lacks module importing support; imports are Nop'ed in native builds, but enabled in emcc builds (so wasm.js works). * Memory section needs the right size. -## Why the weird name for the project? +## FAQ + +### How does `asm2wasm` relate to the new WebAssembly backend which is being developed in upstream LLVM? + +This is separate from that. `asm2wasm` focuses on compiling asm.js to WebAssembly, as emitted by Emscripten's asm.js backend. This is useful because while in the long term Emscripten hopes to use the new WebAssembly backend, the `asm2wasm` route is a very quick and easy way to generate WebAssembly output. It will also be useful for benchmarking the new backend as it progresses. + +### Why the weird name for the project? **Binaryen** is a combination of **binary** - since WebAssembly is a *binary* format for the web - and **Emscripten** - which it can integrate with in order to compile C and C++ all the way to WebAssembly, via asm.js. Binaryen began as Emscripten's WebAssembly processing library (`wasm-emscripten`). |