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> Why? If WASM has access to the DOM, and it's competitive in terms of performance - why would JS still by the goto? At that point, people will just choose what
by realusername 9y ago
> Why? If WASM has access to the DOM, and it's competitive in terms of performance - why would JS still by the goto? At that point, people will just choose whatever language they want, I don't see JS having an advantage there any longer.
Because of the built-in garbage collector, only non-garbage collector languages will actually be faster on WASM (so not that many of them) and the JS ecosystem is already so big that you would need a lot of work to match it in its current state.
- goatlover 9y agoBut it seems so far WASM mainly uses the canvas to draw it's own UI, which you might want from a heavy duty application like the Adobe products.