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Been checking in on this since the initial hubbub a few months ago... It would be great if it started to swing into high gear. I'm still in love with the idea

Been checking in on this since the initial hubbub a few months ago... It would be great if it started to swing into high gear. I'm still in love with the idea of a language-agnostic, web-centric compilation target, but I think we should all emotionally prepare for 10+ years before it's feasible to use in production, let alone well-integrated with our favorite languages.

s3th 11y ago
Things are definitely picking up speed! There are already a bunch of awesome community implementations of the MVP WebAssembly spec [0][1][2]. Meanwhile, the V8 [3], SpiderMonkey [4], Chakra [5], and JSC [6] teams have all started work on implementing wasm in actual browser engines. We've still got a long ways to go, but it's much nearer than 10+ years! [0]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-jit-prototype https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-jit-prototype [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasmint https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasmint [2]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-aot-prototype https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-aot-prototype [3]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/v8-native-prototype https://github.com/WebAssembly/v8-native-prototype [4]: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/ca086f9ef8bc/js/src/asmjs/AsmJSValidate.cpp#l2510 http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/ca086f9ef8bc/js/s... [5]: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mikeholman/archive/2015/06/17/working-on-the-future-of-compile-to-web-applications.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mikeholman/archive/2015/06/17/workin... [6]: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146064 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146064 (Disclaimer: I'm a Google Chrome PM contributing to the WebAssembly project)
- biggestbob 11y ago
  Very good news! It is exciting. I am looking forward to this.
- ilaksh 11y ago
  What about Servo?
  - jmhain 11y ago
    Servo uses SpiderMonkey.
- purplerabbit 11y ago
  Very happy to hear this! I greatly appreciate an update from the inside
tracker1 11y ago
I'd guess 3-5 if you look at most penetration once an initial implementation takes hold in browsers... now, you may have upwards of 30-40% of people not covered by a feature, but that doesn't mean you can't target it... it comes down to your audience... If MS actually keeps its' promise of rolling releases, or closer to it this time, it could be much sooner than later.
- fulafel 11y ago
  This doesn't require browser support though. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#can-the-polyfill-really-be-efficient https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#can...

s3th 11y ago

Things are definitely picking up speed! There are already a bunch of awesome community implementations of the MVP WebAssembly spec [0][1][2]. Meanwhile, the V8 [3], SpiderMonkey [4], Chakra [5], and JSC [6] teams have all started work on implementing wasm in actual browser engines. We've still got a long ways to go, but it's much nearer than 10+ years! [0]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-jit-prototype https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-jit-prototype [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasmint https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasmint [2]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-aot-prototype https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-aot-prototype [3]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/v8-native-prototype https://github.com/WebAssembly/v8-native-prototype [4]: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/ca086f9ef8bc/js/src/asmjs/AsmJSValidate.cpp#l2510 http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/ca086f9ef8bc/js/s... [5]: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mikeholman/archive/2015/06/17/working-on-the-future-of-compile-to-web-applications.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mikeholman/archive/2015/06/17/workin... [6]: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146064 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146064 (Disclaimer: I'm a Google Chrome PM contributing to the WebAssembly project)

biggestbob 11y ago
Very good news! It is exciting. I am looking forward to this.
ilaksh 11y ago
What about Servo?
- jmhain 11y ago
  Servo uses SpiderMonkey.
purplerabbit 11y ago
Very happy to hear this! I greatly appreciate an update from the inside

tracker1 11y ago

I'd guess 3-5 if you look at most penetration once an initial implementation takes hold in browsers... now, you may have upwards of 30-40% of people not covered by a feature, but that doesn't mean you can't target it... it comes down to your audience... If MS actually keeps its' promise of rolling releases, or closer to it this time, it could be much sooner than later.

fulafel 11y ago
This doesn't require browser support though. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#can-the-polyfill-really-be-efficient https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#can...