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How does WASM fill this gap? > fast compiles, fast startup and fast runtime ... mainstream C is this but it's harder to write secure/correct C, the standard l
by pushrax 7y ago
How does WASM fill this gap?
> fast compiles, fast startup and fast runtime ... mainstream
C is this but it's harder to write secure/correct C, the standard library is smaller, and there's no canonical toolchain in the same way as Go.
- PudgePacket 7y agoOne doesn't just write WASM though.. WASM is like the JVM. You still need to write code in some other language.
- pushrax 7y agoExactly. Hence posing the question (rhetorically, I suppose).
- tybit 7y agoI guess I’m jumping to conclusions but it seems like a lot of lessons have been learnt since JVMs and .NET came onto the scene, and that WASM runtimes and the future languages that target them will prioritise speed at every stage.
- _ph_ 7y agoGo already cross-compiles to WASM, so if desired, Go code can be run via WASM. But on the server, you probably rather want to run the Go code natively. For the client, this should be quite interesting.