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> Wasm-compiled SQLite is so successful that it actually replaced a part of the web platform, causing Chrome to remove WebSQL entirely The causual inference he
by azangru 1y ago
> Wasm-compiled SQLite is so successful that it actually replaced a part of the web platform, causing Chrome to remove WebSQL entirely
The causual inference here is almost certainly incorrect. According to Chrome Blog [0], WebSQL turned out to be a non-starter as early as November 2010, which is before Webassembly was released, and before it became known that SQLite could be ported to Webassembly to run in web browser.
[0] - https://developer.chrome.com/blog/deprecating-web-sql https://developer.chrome.com/blog/deprecating-web-sql