[TriLUG] PC emulator in javascript booting linux

[Brian Henning]

I don't need SAN to throw a few SATA HDDs in a Linux box with a quad-core
CPU and run VMWare and have several virtual servers up and running in a
matter of hours.  That’s what I mean when I say virtualization is a
commodity.  Anyone with the know-how can have a virtualized platform just by
downloading the right software.  

That's all beside the point of my question, anyway.  What's the practical
use of a JavaScript-based hardware emulator today, other than the
I-built-it-because-I-could factor?

~B

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
Of Reginald Reed
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:47 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] PC emulator in javascript booting linux

Virtualization a commodity?  I'm really not seeing that, the infrastructure
is still quite expensive particularly storage (SAN).
On May 31, 2011 11:19 PM, "Brian Henning" <lugmail at cheetah.dynip.com> wrote:
> Ha! Silly me. I started poking around other places before I even looked in
the home directory.
>
> Still, though, it's got some cool-because-it's-possible points, but what
would be a practical application of a JavaScript PC emulator in an age where
virtualization is a commodity?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> Behalf Of Cristóbal Palmer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 4:59 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] PC emulator in javascript booting linux
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Brian Henning
> <lugmail at cheetah.dynip.com> wrote:
>>> I compiled hello world in it
>>
>> How? I didn't see any compilers that I recognized in /bin or /usr/bin
>> (granted that there are many compilers I would not recognize).
>
> Look in hello.c, which is in the directory you land in when the page
> finishes loading:
>
> -----8< snip 8<-----
> /* This C source can be compiled with:
> tcc -o hello hello.c
> */
> -----8< snip 8<-----
>
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