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by Akkuma 3219 days ago
Sure, why not? The difference is that WASM is aiming for near native performance of code, while the binary JS would still be limited to JS performance.
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Yes, but it would have access to DOM, GC, etc.
But that's what languages that compile to JavaScript support already today. The binary JS shouldn't prevent this behaviour if it is just a binary representation of a text version.