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Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#31

Post by monax » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

spiffyk wrote: post #27

monax wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are getting isOdd in the bootloader before GTA-IV

Wait, when did I time-travel?

oops typo

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

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Post by grougnax » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC

Awesome! Everything will be rewritten in JS

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#33

Post by madduci » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #28

madduci wrote: post #3

But why?

Why not?

Because this can end very badly. It is a new surface to attack

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#34

Post by GranPC » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

"The Birth and Death of JavaScript" is coming true after all.

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#35

Post by rezmason » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

It begins!

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

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Post by dfedbeef » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC

Cursed

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#37

Post by ycombinatornews » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC

> If this makes you grin you are probably holding a torch

Hilarious

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#38

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

madduci wrote: post #33

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not?

Because this can end very badly. It is a new surface to attack

Maybe? What's your threat model?

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

#39

Post by M95D » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

madduci wrote: post #33

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not?

Because this can end very badly. It is a new surface to attack

Exactly! It's actually great! More ways to jailbreak stuff.

Re: UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

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Post by pwdisswordfishy » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

Does it manage to support floats? I am not sure if those can be safely used in the UEFI environment. (I recall GRUB’s build of Lua being integer-only, and Linux avoiding the use of floating-point arithmetic in kernel mode, but I don’t remember the reason.)