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by anthonybullard 2569 days ago
I'm interested in hearing what is proprietary about wasm? It's a standard[1] implemented in most browsers.

[1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/wasm-core-1/

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You can't see the source code which I think is a huge step backward.
I think that ship sailed a long time ago. With transpilation, minification, and source mangling, the JavaScript ecosystem is largely opaque when trying to view sources anyway.