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Well, my point is OpenJDK/IcedTea-Web isn't a blob either, but it doesn't make Java applets any better. Neither is Wine (which can host ActiveX controls), but I
by drdaeman 11y ago
Well, my point is OpenJDK/IcedTea-Web isn't a blob either, but it doesn't make Java applets any better. Neither is Wine (which can host ActiveX controls), but I'm not going to try it at home.
And I agree that modern minified, packed and obfuscated JavaScript is also more like a binary blob than source code. WebAssembly is just a logical conclusion of this.