On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:47 AM Lars Seipel <lars.sei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Go already has a NaCl backend which might fit the bill. See > misc/nacl/README for how to set it up. It links to a design document > (https://golang.org/s/go13nacl) with some background. > > The sucessor of that project is WebAssembly. WebAssembly is a really good design, where the virtual machine is formally specified, with a testbed implementation in Ocaml. One of the defining features is that the VM is a stack-vm with a twist: * Stack-based VMs usually have smaller opcodes (since you don't have to specify registers to operate on) * Stack-based VMs are usually easier to target * WebAsm's VM is built in a way such that the layout of the stack is statically known at compile time. The latter means that you can compile it to a register-based VM, which tend to be faster at execution. Ok, C programs can only be implemented in it if you provide a shadow stack. But given that C generally allows too much of the programmer, this is perfect :) Also note, I don't think Go would need a shadow stack, but there might be a subtlety somewhere which mandates it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
