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it is not hate. It is same reason people likes node on the backend: one language to do eveything. Wasm with 'fast' DOM manipulation opens the door to every la
by homarp 9mo ago
it is not hate. It is same reason people likes node on the backend: one language to do eveything.
Wasm with 'fast' DOM manipulation opens the door to every language compiling to wasm to be used to build a web app that renders HTML.
- codelikeawolf 9mo agoI don't mean to split hairs here, but considering the wording of "throw something in the gutter", I would argue that "hate" isn't really too far off the mark. > Wasm with 'fast' DOM manipulation opens the door to every language compiling to wasm to be used to build a web app that renders HTML. This was never the goal of Wasm. To quote this article [1]: > What should be relevant for working software developers is not, "Can I write pure Wasm and have direct access to the DOM while avoiding touching any JavaScript ever?" Instead, the question should be, "Can I build my C#/Go/Python library/app into my website so it runs with good performance?" Swap out "pure Wasm" with <your programming language> and the point still stands. If you really want to use one language to do everything, I'm pretty sure just about every popular programming language has a way of transpiling to JS. [1] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3746174 https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3746174