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by asdkhadsj 2620 days ago
So where were JVM targets for all my favorite languages, or any browser support for that matter?

I'm not going to debate any points against the JVM, but all I know is that I can compile languages I want to all browsers today. Why can't I do that for the JVM?

Something must be a massive, gory failure of the JVM and/or the companies involved with the JVM for it to be an equal to that of WASM, and yet have zero traction for modern languages and browser targets.
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pjmlp 2620 days ago
Depends on the language I guess, I can compile Java, Kotlin, Scala, Clojure, TCL, Python, Ruby, Common Lisp and any other one able to produce LLVM bitcode on the JVM.

Also 86% of the mobile OS market runs on Java.

Additionally smartcards, a big portion of electricity meters, factory automation, smart copiers, M2M gateways, Bluray Players,... run on Java.

Alongside JavaScript and .NET, it rules software development across the corporations of the world.

Hardly a failure, only for naysayers.

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democracy 2620 days ago
If only there was something else but web development...
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