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TIL: Why ARM Has a JavaScript Instruction (notnotp.com)
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I know JavaScript is a very special boi but c’mon, you’re embarrassing me in front of the wizards.

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[-] melfie@lemy.lol 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

So a Reduced Instruction Set Computer with a superfluous instruction that even x86_64 doesn’t have? 🤔

[-] brian@programming.dev 1 points 34 minutes ago

wait until you hear about jazelle

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