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For me the purpose of wasm would not be just performance, but to let me avoid javascript entirely. Javascript is already very fast, but compiling to javascript
by jokoon 9y ago
For me the purpose of wasm would not be just performance, but to let me avoid javascript entirely.
Javascript is already very fast, but compiling to javascript feels awkward.
- mraleph 9y agoI don't think you can avoid JavaScript even with WASM - and WASM in it's current form is, for some languages, a worse compilation target than JavaScript.
- jokoon 9y agoWell sure it doesn't support the DOM yet, but I think the design goal of WASM is to do just that. Since the beginning of computers, it should be trivial to distribute programs online efficiently. The web is already platform dependent, but it also need to be fast and language independent.