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webassembly is just a binary IL spec

• ridiculous_fish 10y ago
  I don't know much about it. Is it like Java bytecode, where the runtime is expected to do substantial optimization? Or is it more like traditional assembly where the optimizations are expected to have already been done?
  • btrask 10y ago
    If you're still curious, I dug this up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9734842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9734842 It sounds like WebAssembly is in a weird position, where it can be (relatively) directly translated to machine code, or more heavily optimized to support dynamic languages.
  • flamedoge 10y ago
    It is just binary IL. Doesn't matter what it is expected to do. You can do anything to it.