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When we start writing web browsers in WebAssembly, we shall have gone too far.
by amorphid 10y ago
When we start writing web browsers in WebAssembly, we shall have gone too far.
- Spivak 10y agoI mean sure it's weird given the history but would it actually be that weird? If WA just becomes another VM like the JVM or LLVM that people can target it wouldn't surprise me to see someone port a web browser.
- colordrops 10y agoWebAssembly is much better than JavaScript and XUL, which were/are both used to build browsers. Furthermore WebAssembly VMs are distinct entities from browsers. I know you were joking, but the joke shows old biases that should just go away.
- ygjb 10y agoGiven that webkit.js uses emscripten to build webkit for JS, and emscripten can target the wasm backend, ummm.. this is largely already done :) Obligatory reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nazm3_OXac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nazm3_OXac I think it is going to be very cool to see exactly how powerful and flexible this sort thing will become - how long til you demo a new tool by launching a linux container built on a webassembly vm that allows you to experiment with a new app with zero deploy effort.
- qznc 10y agoThe effort is to visit a url. An alternative possible today: `docker run -it rockstar:testbed newtool` Even older, Java Web Start provided this in 2001.
- zodiac 10y agoWhy? I could easily imagine a site you could go to to test if your own site works on IE6 or something, it would be useful for some people
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y agoIs there a network API for WebAssembly or a js API?