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WASI has nothing to do with hypertext though. Even WASM itself is not especially web centric, despite the name.
by zozbot234 1y ago
WASI has nothing to do with hypertext though. Even WASM itself is not especially web centric, despite the name.
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- MisterTea 1y agoI am well aware of that. My point is a web browser, originally a hypertext viewer, is now a clunky runtime for all sorts of ad-hoc standards including a WASM VM. So instead, start with a portable WASM VM that is a light weight OS that you build a browser inside of composed of individual components like Lego. You get all the benefits of having a real OS including process isolation, memory management, file system, security, and tooling. WASI is a POSIX like ABI/API that does not fit the Plan 9/Inferno design as they thankfully aren't Unix.
- zozbot234 1y agoThe WASI folks are accepting new API proposals. If the existing API does not fit an Inferno-like design, you can propose tweaked APIs in order to improve that fit.