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We are potentially removing the complexity at all ends. Right now the chain is: Developer writes code in something like Typescript that then is translated to J
by flavio81 9y ago
We are potentially removing the complexity at all ends.
Right now the chain is: Developer writes code in something like Typescript that then is translated to Javascript and then is downloaded by the browser (huge downloads compared to binary code). The browser then needs to parse that huge amount of javascript code to compile it into a bytecode that can then be JIT executed or interpreted.
With webassembly it would be as follows:
Developer writes code in the language of his/her choice, that then is compiled to a small bytecode. This bytecode is downloaded by the browser and then it is JIT executed or interpreted.
It is simpler, more flexible, and potentially faster.
- oblio 9y agoThat's assuming the old ways are deprecated and removed. There's countries in the world that still use IE6, and that's comparatively an easier transition :)