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by InfiniteRand 1628 days ago
From the introduction "Compiling programs into JavaScript, asm.js, or WebAssembly with tools like Emscripten or GopherJS isn't enough to successfully run many programs client-side" it seems like the intent is to be able to port "Unmodified C, C++, Go, and Node.js programs" to the browser.

Big use case for this I would imagine is games