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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The game also requires a renderer (browser) to play.

I think what they did is impressive but the claim about the size feels like taking source code and saying "look how small on disk it is"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is js, it is always source code.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Except if it's minified for production.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

That is still source code, obfuscated but still source code.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Not sure about GreaseMonkey, but V8 compiles JS to an IL.

Nodejs has an emit IL debugging feature to see the emitted IL code.