[mrashes]

Yeah, I've been working on python and java for sometime but it still boils down to js thinking for me.

Thanks for explanation though, I'm not intimidated of it taking my job as much as I am the wide scope of the thing. Seems massive!

[eropple]

I dunno. It's no more massive than most other computing environments. JavaScript is an aberration in the way it's structured. This is certainly a matter of perspective; I tend to think that starting with a restrictive environment like JavaScript (and don't get me wrong, I like JavaScript and write a decent bit of it every day) makes the cage look like the world. Pedagogically speaking, I worry about JavaScript being somewhat damaging...but, whatever.

Anyway, WASM is just trying to remove the restrictions on a strict environment (that's why it's called Web Assembly, yeah?). The example that floated to mind--you've been writing Java? This[1] is written in Clojure, but there's no reason you can't get this wacky in Java. (Not that you should.)

[1] - https://aphyr.com/posts/341-hexing-the-technical-interview