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===Improve cold load time of large compiled codebases.=== | ===Improve cold load time of large compiled codebases.=== | ||
Developers want to see reduced download, compilation and startup time for multi-million line compiled codebases. | Developers want to see reduced download, compilation and startup time for multi-million line compiled codebases. | ||
*WebAssembly will provide significant download size reductions (even before native support, through the polyfill) [1]. | *WebAssembly will provide significant download size reductions (even before native support, through the polyfill) [https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#can-the-polyfill-really-be-efficient 1]. | ||
*Natively decoding WebAssembly will be significantly faster than parsing JavaScript/asm.js [1]. | *Natively decoding WebAssembly will be significantly faster than parsing JavaScript/asm.js [https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/BinaryEncoding.md#why-a-binary-encoding-instead-of-a-text-only-representation 1]. | ||
*Add a fast WebAssembly/asm.js compiler that allows an app to start quickly while a fully-optimizing compilation proceeds in a background thread [1]. | *Add a fast WebAssembly/asm.js compiler that allows an app to start quickly while a fully-optimizing compilation proceeds in a background thread [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1169167 1]. | ||
*Off-main-thread, streaming parsing/compilation [1]. | *Off-main-thread, streaming parsing/compilation [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154987 1]. | ||
*Developers want to avoid depending on HTTP Content-Encoding:gzip for generic compression. | *Developers want to avoid depending on HTTP Content-Encoding:gzip for generic compression. | ||
**Add Emscripten support to perform decompression in asm.js / WebAssembly while downloading (allowing more aggressive algorithms than gzip). | **Add Emscripten support to perform decompression in asm.js / WebAssembly while downloading (allowing more aggressive algorithms than gzip). | ||
===Improve browser storage capabilities.=== | ===Improve browser storage capabilities.=== | ||
*Developers seeking to avoid the permission prompt associated with persistent storage hit limitations of temporary storage as currently implemented in browsers. | *Developers seeking to avoid the permission prompt associated with persistent storage hit limitations of temporary storage as currently implemented in browsers. | ||