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This would be the last step predicted by this 2014 (!) talk: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallso

This would be the last step predicted by this 2014 (!) talk: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death... At the time it seemed unrealistic; asm.js was only just invented

stavros 5y ago
Yeah, that talk proved extremely prescient.
paavohtl 5y ago
It's an excellent talk, but IIRC the point was that hypothetical Metal language was still a subset of JavaScript. From the technology point of view WebAssembly has basically nothing to do with JavaScript, except that both are part of the web platform and commonly implemented by JavaScript engines. It's just a low-level VM which happens to be included in web browsers.
- hajile 5y ago
  Wasm was definitely inspired by asm.js (though I think asm.js is still faster). The MVP for wasm was basically "do what asm.js does."
ksec 5y ago
The Nuke was COVID, so we need another 5 years or so to release our emotional energy from those C infrastructure. At least I hope the nuke was COVID.....