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This is only approximately true at the engineering level, but at a higher level it’s the exact opposite of true. A widely supported, open standard like this is
by gfodor 4y ago
This is only approximately true at the engineering level, but at a higher level it’s the exact opposite of true. A widely supported, open standard like this is a fundamentally distinct thing, even if it hypothetically produced the exact same technological capabilities on a process-level. (Which again, these technologies exceed Flash in terms of scope.)
I do lament Flash though, because we would have gotten to this exact spot sooner if a better transitionary path was navigated, but more importantly losing the content and skill base of the Flash era was a huge loss.
- michaelt 4y agoAh yes, modern web technology. A standard so widely supported users can choose between Google Chrome, the Chrome reskin by Microsoft, the Chrome reskin by Apple - and even the privacy-conscious Chrome reskin by Brave. A standard so open any stakeholder can push forward the cutting edge of the standard by proposing features and getting them widely adopted, which for some reason only happens to things invented at Google. It's nothing like Flash - it's much more like OOXML.
- sp332 4y agoFirefox invented and is still leading development of wasm. And Safari is really only distantly related to Chrome these days, their last common ancestor was in 2013. Wasm wasn't even announced until 2015. Safari's JavaScriptCore replaced the JS JIT in 2016, and V8 has had two new compiler pipelines since then.
- pjmlp 4y agoAfter refusing to adopt PNaCL, introduce asm.js, and now with 3% it hardly matters.
- bialpio 4y ago"Chrome reskin by Apple" - what does this refer to?