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		nextparadigms on Aug 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Next-Gen Web Apps: Google unleashes Native Client ... NaCl is supposed to work on ARM chips, too. I think you need like just a line of code to enable it for ARM machines. Google I/O 2011: Beyond JavaScript: Programming the Web with Native Client: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgbK0ztUkDM

ootachi on Aug 12, 2011 [–]

I don't know the particulars of how this is implemented, but you would either have to compile your code for ARM (adding an enormous burden to web development), or have all mobile browsers ship an x86 emulator (which is a massive step backwards).

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