It works well in practice depending entirely upon your goals - and depending entirely on your never ever comparing it to ANY other possible solution to the problem.
Well, we've got PNaCl to compare too, which is trying to accomplish similar things.
As an outsider, it sure doesn't seem to be getting as much traction as asm.js or have compelling advantages, though.
I think developers have a tendency to underestimate how important it is to integrate well with your environment, start up quickly, and have a good deployment story. asm.js nails these things.
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That's a silly position to take. It works quite well in practice, and is completely competitive with a "designed" VM bytecode.
It works well in practice depending entirely upon your goals - and depending entirely on your never ever comparing it to ANY other possible solution to the problem.
Well, we've got PNaCl to compare too, which is trying to accomplish similar things.
As an outsider, it sure doesn't seem to be getting as much traction as asm.js or have compelling advantages, though.
I think developers have a tendency to underestimate how important it is to integrate well with your environment, start up quickly, and have a good deployment story. asm.js nails these things.