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Issue 566883003: Fix a broken link. (Closed) Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git@master
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3 ############## 3 ##############
4 NaCl and PNaCl 4 NaCl and PNaCl
5 ############## 5 ##############
6 6
7 This document describes the differences between **Native Client** and 7 This document describes the differences between **Native Client** and
8 **Portable Native Client**, and provides recommendations for when to use each. 8 **Portable Native Client**, and provides recommendations for when to use each.
9 9
10 .. contents:: 10 .. contents::
11 :local: 11 :local:
12 :backlinks: none 12 :backlinks: none
13 :depth: 2 13 :depth: 2
14 14
15 Native Client (NaCl) 15 Native Client (NaCl)
16 ==================== 16 ====================
17 17
18 Native Client enables the execution of native code securely inside web 18 Native Client enables the execution of native code securely inside web
19 applications through the use of advanced `Software Fault Isolation (SFI) 19 applications through the use of advanced `Software Fault Isolation (SFI)
20 techniques </native-client/community/talks#research>`_. Since its launch in 20 techniques <http://research.google.com/pubs/pub35649.html>`_. Since its launch in
21 2011, Native Client has provided developers with the ability to harness a 21 2011, Native Client has provided developers with the ability to harness a
22 client machine's computational power to a much fuller extent than traditional 22 client machine's computational power to a much fuller extent than traditional
23 web technologies, by running compiled C and C++ code at near-native speeds and 23 web technologies, by running compiled C and C++ code at near-native speeds and
24 taking advantage of multiple cores with shared memory. 24 taking advantage of multiple cores with shared memory.
25 25
26 While Native Client provides operating system independence, it requires 26 While Native Client provides operating system independence, it requires
27 developers to generate architecture-specific executable 27 developers to generate architecture-specific executable
28 (**nexe**) modules for each hardware platform. This is not only inconvenient 28 (**nexe**) modules for each hardware platform. This is not only inconvenient
29 for developers, but architecture-specific machine code is not portable and thus 29 for developers, but architecture-specific machine code is not portable and thus
30 not well-suited for the open web. The traditional method of application 30 not well-suited for the open web. The traditional method of application
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105 instructions in an application (i.e., inline assembly), but tries to 105 instructions in an application (i.e., inline assembly), but tries to
106 offer high-performance portable equivalents. One such example is 106 offer high-performance portable equivalents. One such example is
107 PNaCl's :ref:`Portable SIMD Vectors <portable_simd_vectors>`. 107 PNaCl's :ref:`Portable SIMD Vectors <portable_simd_vectors>`.
108 * PNaCl only supports static linking with the ``newlib`` 108 * PNaCl only supports static linking with the ``newlib``
109 C standard library (the Native Client SDK provides a PNaCl port of 109 C standard library (the Native Client SDK provides a PNaCl port of
110 ``newlib``). Dynamic linking and ``glibc`` are not yet supported. 110 ``newlib``). Dynamic linking and ``glibc`` are not yet supported.
111 Work is under way to enable dynamic linking in future versions of PNaCl. 111 Work is under way to enable dynamic linking in future versions of PNaCl.
112 * PNaCl does not support some GNU extensions 112 * PNaCl does not support some GNU extensions
113 like taking the address of a label for computed ``goto``, or nested 113 like taking the address of a label for computed ``goto``, or nested
114 functions. 114 functions.
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