Cpp on Ayman Bagabas

Run native C/C++ code in the browser using Emscripten

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

While working on WMIDumpper, a simple tool that analyzes ACPI WMI blocks, I had to figure out how to implement bmfdec in JavaScript. My first thought was to port it to JavaScript and put in the time and effort to rewrite ~1500 lines of C code in JS. But then a light bulb went on in my head, WebAssembly! A quick search showed that Emscripten is exactly what I need. It can compile C/C++ native code into WebAssembly and run it on the web.

Writing a Chip-8 emulator

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

If you ever played retro games on modern computers, then you probably know what an emulator is. Chip-8 is an interpreted programming language that was created originally by Joseph Weisbecker{target="_blank" rel=“noopener”}. Chip-8 programs get interpreted by a virtual machine. It offers a very simple monochrome graphics and uses a 4Kb of memory. It has the “8” part because all the system’s components, like CPU registers, have a size of 8 bits or 1 byte.