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by ori_b 2982 days ago
I can see where web assembly could take us, but I am confused about why people seem to want to go there.
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pjmlp 2982 days ago
Because Flash, Applets, .NET, Silverlight, ActiveX, NaCL,....

Difference being that WASM is kind of blessed format.

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ori_b 2981 days ago
The problems with the alternatives you listed wouldn't have been reduced with more blessing.
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pjmlp 2981 days ago
So what makes Flash => WebAssembly more acceptable than Flash?
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ori_b 2980 days ago
When did I say webassembly was more acceptable than flash?
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