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> In the future, Microsoft wants to bring more features — which are currently not possible in asm.js (or JavaScript) — to WebAssembly. This is very vague, but
by bigato 8y ago
> In the future, Microsoft wants to bring more features — which are currently not possible in asm.js (or JavaScript) — to WebAssembly.
This is very vague, but already disturbing
- steveklabnik 8y agoIn my understanding, SIMD is an example of a feature like this, as is threading. It’s not just Microsoft that wants this.
- mtgx 8y agoI'm guessing these "features" will be tied to the Microsoft Store, something they're already doing with PWAs. Many were quick to criticize Valve and Epic about their own criticism of the Microsoft Store, which is why Microsoft is now using a "boiling the frog" strategy to tie everything to the Store over the next decade or so. And this process will likely accelerate once Windows 7 is dead and buried.
- pjmlp 8y agoFor those that don't know it, WinRT always supported hosted web apps. Microsoft has picked up on Google's PWA ideas and is migrating UWP hosted web apps to it. I expect Google to follow a similar path with Android and ChromeOS.
- coldtea 8y ago>This is very vague, but already disturbing Yeah, god forbid the platforms gets more powerful...
- kristianp 8y agoMaybe they'll be the first to implement tail calls!