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WebAssembly is basically just a binary encoding of asmjs, which is the subset of javascript discussed in the talk.
by gtremper 8y ago
WebAssembly is basically just a binary encoding of asmjs, which is the subset of javascript discussed in the talk.
- panic 8y agoWebAssembly is a statically-typed language which passes values around using a stack. It’s very different from asm.js.
- callahad 8y agoWhile asm.js was basically just a textual encoding of C in JavaScript... round and round we go! :)
- gtremper 8y agoI'd say it more a textual encoding of LLVM IR. Which makes the s-expression text format of WebAssembly a text encoding of a binary encoding of a javascript encoding of a compiler intermediate representation of your program. Round and round indeed.
- shawnz 8y agoYeah, but it doesn't have "Javascript" in the name, which makes it automatically better by way of bypassing everyone's irrational hatred of JS
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