What is WebAssembly? The Dawn of a New Era

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What is WebAssembly? The Dawn of a New Era

Owen Densmore
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This is a pretty interesting overview, including a useful video from Brendan Eich, of Web Assembly, a stunt to *really* broaden the browsers' capability.
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https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-61256ec5a8f6

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Re: What is WebAssembly? The Dawn of a New Era

glen ep ropella
On 09/15/2015 10:17 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-61256ec5a8f6

Nice article, thanks!  I can't help but wonder if (as Ray commented re: unikernels) we're simply returning to the past.  I'm too ignorant to see how this is _fundamentally_ different from virtual machines and bytecode.

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Re: What is WebAssembly? The Dawn of a New Era

Marcus G. Daniels
Not a technical difference, but a social difference.   We had to go through the phase of Java failing in this space, and JavaScript not being the right tool for the job.  

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On 09/15/2015 10:17 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-dawn-of-a-
> new-era-61256ec5a8f6

Nice article, thanks!  I can't help but wonder if (as Ray commented re: unikernels) we're simply returning to the past.  I'm too ignorant to see how this is _fundamentally_ different from virtual machines and bytecode.

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