Mozilla has developed a version of JavaScript called asm.js that they claim will offer performance near that of native code, which will allow a web browser to run almost any application, reports Ars ...

Asm.js, a Mozilla-driven subset of JavaScript geared toward improving Web application performance and extending the Web to C and C++ applications, is catching up to native C/C++code, Mozilla said.

With its asm.js project, Mozilla is promoting a subset of JavaScript intended to improve Web application performance and extend C and C++ applications to the Web. Asm.js can be used as a low-level, ...