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I am starting to think of WASM as an ambitious language agnostic VM and ecosystem. It is like the JVM standard - but for any language. And as the runtimes exis
by sheepscreek 3y ago
I am starting to think of WASM as an ambitious language agnostic VM and ecosystem.
It is like the JVM standard - but for any language. And as the runtimes exist for most platforms, anything compiled to WASM is automatically cross-platform.
Also, it is designed for better security (to run inside a browser sandbox). No GC by default but that may change with WasmGC. You can use it with Docker using the WASM backend.
Who knows, maybe one day all operating systems will have native WASN support. Then it will truly become the ubiquitous/universal binary format!!
- pjmlp 3y ago> It is like the JVM standard - but for any language. Just like CLR in 2001, or TIMI in 1988, among several others, then again learning about history of computing isn't a strong concern in our field.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoI expect OS vendors to start shipping their own WASM infra that allows controlled access to local resources.
- mikewarot 3y agoAt which point, WASM becomes worthless as a secure environment in which to run portable code downloaded at random from the internet.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agooh yeah, hey gais, if you could use the native gui tookit suddenly it being in a sandbox is worthless! stop with the hyperbole.