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You DO need webassembly to run C++ on the server AND client(browser) side. (unless you want to use some hacky c++ to js transpiler)

• CyberRabbi 6y ago
  Can you provide an example of a situation where it would make sense for both client and server to use the same build? Typically client and server play different roles and require different builds anyway.
  • steego 6y ago
    The point isn’t to run client code in the server and server code on the client. The point is to allow JavaScript to be able to use excellent C++/Rust code in a sandboxed environment when it makes sense. Embedding SQLite is a perfect example.
    • CyberRabbi 6y ago
      > The point is to allow JavaScript to be able to use excellent C++/Rust code in a sandboxed environment when it makes sense. That seems useful for the client side but you don’t need webassembly to do that on the server-side. E.g. https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3 https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3