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Hey folks, one of the authors here. Extism is a plug-in system. If you aren't familiar with this terminology, plug-in systems make your software programmable by

by bhelx 4y ago

Hey folks, one of the authors here. Extism is a plug-in system. If you aren't familiar with this terminology, plug-in systems make your software programmable by end users such as your customers or your open source community (e.g. VS-Code Extensions). Currently plug-in systems are quite difficult to build and limited to certain host and guest languages. Extism makes this easier regardless of your language or domain knowledge.

hestefisk 4y ago
What would happen if you executed Extism on itself? Would the world implode? :)
- nilslice 4y ago
  only one way to find out....
  - euroderf 4y ago
    Grey Goo: Wasm Edition
- bhelx 4y ago
  I lay awake at night and think about how to do it. But maybe it's a goal best left unfulfilled :)
ar_lan 4y ago
Thank you - I think the intro page could help make this clearer. I’m not super familiar with the programmable nature of things beyond something like an Arduino, so I was very confused what “programmable software” meant in this context, and the landing page still isn’t super clear in that regard. Your comment helps - would make sense to recalibrate on the shared page.