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wasm support?

• Jtsummers 2y ago
  What would it even mean for an interface description to "support" WASM which is a (virtual) machine target for implementations?
  • koolala 2y ago
    webrtc, ws, postmessage?
    • koolala 2y ago
      ircv3 did it
      • eqvinox 2y ago
        With all due respect, you don't seem to understand what POSIX is.
        • koolala 2y ago
          I appreciate your respect. Can you contrast POSIX with IRC and explain why IRC can work on the web but POSIX can't? https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/websocket https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/websocket
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          • eqvinox 2y ago
            Your question fundamentally makes no sense; POSIX is not a protocol, it is an operating system interface definition. It describes the OS foundations which you can then build websockets, IRC, a web browser, a calculator, compilers, local login prompts, {python,ruby,...) interpreters, etc. on top of. Your question is analog to "why can't {Windows,Android} work on the web?"
    • Jtsummers 2y ago
      Those aren't part of Wasm. WebRTC and WebSockets both predate Wasm by 6 years, and neither require Wasm to work. postMessage is part of Web Workers, also separate frow Wasm. I'll ask again, what would it mean for POSIX to "support" Wasm?
      • koolala 2y ago
        A standard document defining how it could work on the web. Wasm is literally just Javascript.
• flohofwoe 2y ago
  You are probably looking for something like WASI preview1 or WASIX: https://wasix.org/docs https://wasix.org/docs
  • koolala 2y ago
    That is probable. I am not.