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by callahad 1358 days ago
> I thought the runtime was in the browser.

It can be both! Like JavaScript, WebAssembly started in the browser but is now moving to the server-side, too. With JavaScript, the most common serverside runtime is Node.js. With WebAssembly, it's Wasmtime. There are alternatives (like Deno or Bun for serverside JavaScript), but Wasmtime is the main one at the moment.

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Thanks the NodeJS analogy helps me.