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>" Where are the F#, the Elixir, the Haskell compilers? " I think it makes a lot of sense sense to target WebAssembly with high performance "native" languages

by FpUser 4y ago

>" Where are the F#, the Elixir, the Haskell compilers? " I think it makes a lot of sense sense to target WebAssembly with high performance "native" languages like C/C++/Rust/Zig/etc for certain types of apps looking for high performance computations. As for the rest it is simpler to just use JavaScript as the browser already makes a great platform for it.

chrisco255 4y ago
WASM isn't just for the browser though.
- buzzerbetrayed 4y ago
  Where else is WASM being run? Is WASM the eventual holy grail solution to writing cross platform desktop applications?
  - genjii931 4y ago
    On the server, of course.
  - flohofwoe 4y ago
    The "only" thing missing for this is to extend WASI beyond POSIX APIs (e.g. you'd need at least 3D rendering, audio and input APIs), but don't hold your breath I guess ;)
RobotToaster 4y ago
Haskell already transpiles to C or JS anyway.
genjii931 4y ago
What about them? Ask the maintainers why they don't support targeting wasm, cuz that who's responsible for that part of it. That isn't in the browser or wasm itself.