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The "any language" advantage of WASM is theoretical. Each language is at a different level of support of WASM, libraries aren't all caught up and at the same po
by teleclimber 4y ago
The "any language" advantage of WASM is theoretical. Each language is at a different level of support of WASM, libraries aren't all caught up and at the same point for all languages, etc...
I love the promise of WASM, but every time I look at it I get lost in a sea of acronyms, and my optimistic ideas of using language X with library Y on runtime Z are dashed because there is some missing piece somewhere.
If anything, the "any language" thing creates a giant matrix of potential pitfalls for the programmer.
In comparison, the combination of JS/TS, the browser API and a solid std lib looks pretty good for some problems.
- irq-1 4y agoAgreed. There is also the lack of a GC in WASM and Denos' use of existing web standard APIs.