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Javascript might soon become obsolete with the arrival of WebAssembly.

• krapp 9y ago
  Only where Javascript is being treated like a "compile target." Something is going to have to run the existing Javascript code on the web from now on, so the language itself likely isn't going anywhere, regardless of whether or not other languages can target WASM. Not the mention everywhere else it's been used - WebAssembly definitely isn't replacing Node.js, for instance, or game scripting.
  • marcosdumay 9y ago
    > WebAssembly definitely isn't replacing Node.js, for instance, or game scripting. WebAssembly is certainly able to replace JS in game scripting.
    • krapp 9y ago
      People won't be scripting in WebAssembly. Other languages could target WebAssembly, but so could javascript.
• steveklabnik 9y ago
  The wasm project states that obsoleting JavaScript is a non-goal.
  • flavio81 9y ago
    But this is what will happen eventually. No programmer with more than 5 years of professional experience really likes working with Javascript; they just put up with it. As soon as you can work in <insert your favorite language here> and compile it to WebAssembly, with the added bonus that it will run pretty fast, the popularity of Javascript will diminish drastically.
    • steveklabnik 9y ago
      Your second sentence is pretty demonstrably false.