The 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 h

The 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.