- From: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 17:58:51 -0500
- To: Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com>
- Cc: Justin Novosad <junov@google.com>, whatwg <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>, Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils@dieweltistgarnichtso.net>, Noel Gordon <noel.gordon@gmail.com>
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote: > roc was asking which NEW feature is being added that can be done in > script. > He asked which new features have already been added that can be done efficiently in script. Element.closest() was added less than a week ago. But again, image decoding *can't* be done efficiently in script: platform-independent code with performance competitive with native SIMD assembly is a thing of myth. (People have been trying unsuccessfully to do that since day one of MMX, so it's irrelevant until the day it actually happens.) Anyhow, I think I'll stop helping to derail this thread and return to the subject. Noel, if you're still around, I'd suggest fleshing out your suggestion by providing some real-world benchmarks that compare the PNG compression rates against the relative time it takes to compress. If spending 10x the compression time gains you a 50% improvement in compression, that's a lot more compelling than if it only gains you 10%. I don't know what the numbers are myself. -- Glenn Maynard
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