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Alternate universe: JVM was more secure and had better DOM interaction, so Applets won against JavaScript. The world goes around in circles.
by greenhouse_gas 9y ago
Alternate universe: JVM was more secure and had better DOM interaction, so Applets won against JavaScript.
The world goes around in circles.
- Rusky 9y agoIMO we would still need WebAssembly in such a world, because the JVM still enforces a heavyweight object model and GC. The "wasm is just the JVM all over again" meme needs to die.