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Sure it's been done before. The point is that WASM is a good, efficient, sandboxed, modern example of it that's usable now with a large software ecosystem aroun
by AgentME 7y ago
Sure it's been done before. The point is that WASM is a good, efficient, sandboxed, modern example of it that's usable now with a large software ecosystem around it.
- apabepa 7y agoWhat does modern mean in this context? I see this word being used a as a positive adjective a lot recently to describe rewrites etc but it is unclear to me what it actually implies
- afiori 7y agoFrom an outside perspective, modern here means that it fits nicely with the mentality and toolchains in vogue today.
- kreetx 7y agoThe term is overused, yes, but one way it can be understood in wasm's context is that there is now a generic platform/target and we have consensus on it. It's hyped, the inertia is there, so all of it is going to happen. And in this particular case it's a good thing. :) Probably soon we can stop rewriting everything in javascript.
- AgentME 7y agoBy that I mainly meant that it runs on today's systems and maintained languages and toolchains today can target it. Sometimes in discussions about WASM, I see people bring up ancient bytecode formats in a way that makes them sound like usable alternatives.