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Most of said languages are already adopted. You can expect languages running server-side to target WebAssembly first. The other great thing is that WASM librar
by davidgrenier 8y ago
Most of said languages are already adopted. You can expect languages running server-side to target WebAssembly first.
The other great thing is that WASM libraries written in all sorts of languages will be available to all of them.
- oblio 8y agoMost of the pre-existing server side come with their own baggage. PHP powers most of the internet, just saying :)
- davidgrenier 8y agoI don't have a problem using good WASM libraries that were written in PHP. To target WASM, a PHP compiler would have to respect the WASM semantics which is what I will consume.
- RussianCow 8y agoFor a dynamic language to run on WASM, you would have to bundle its runtime with your application, which is probably a deal-breaker for many use cases.
- amelius 8y agoThere are still problems with WASM in the areas of multithreading, shared data structures, and memory barriers (think advanced/concurrent GC implementations). Because of this, languages do not automatically, cleanly and efficiently map to WASM yet.