Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client 209
derGoldstein writes "This year Microsoft kept signaling that it's going back to lower-level code with a C++ renaissance. It would give C++ programmers the same priority that was, up until now, reserved for .Net programmers. They even launched a new show about it on their Channel9. Now Google wants to appeal to native programmers with their Native Client for Chrome. It seems the two companies want to cover both the higher-level JavaScript and lower-level C/C++. I dare hope this will give seasoned C/C++ programmers a place alongside JavaScript programmers at the web development table."
Re:Yeah, I'm so excited (Score:5, Informative)
I suggest that you read about how NaCl actually works before commenting. It is a sandbox for native code. It doesn't run just any code, either - there are certain constraints in place which make it possible to verify the result for safety. "Safety" here means that code cannot break out of the sandbox - it can, of course, still crash itself, but that would be fully isolated, and cannot be used in the usual manner as a privilege escalation exploit.