[trh0awayman]

WASM is basically a misnomer at this point. People are using it as a universal virtual machine/runtime. Whether that makes any sense is still an open question.

[thecosmicfrog]

An example of this is Microsoft Flight Simulator. Packages such as aircraft are distributed/compiled as WASM modules and run (as I understand it) in a sandboxed environment within the simulator.

[helsontaveras18]

That’s the first use case that’s practical, in the wild, and adopted by Microsoft nonetheless.

Do you have any additional details/links on how this works?

[meheleventyone]

From my limited understanding it’s actually the aircraft instruments that run JS/WASM .

https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Programming_Tools/WASM...

[CharlesW]

> WASM is basically a misnomer at this point.

Web standards/technologies are in wide use outside of browsers (via things like Electron), so you may find that the name makes more sense when viewed through that lens.

[kbaker]

In your view, why does it not make sense? It certainly seems appealing as a universal runtime, and lives up to its claims as long as things like WASI get standardized.

[sanxiyn]

It doesn't make much sense because if you want a universal runtime, JVM is a better choice.

[int_19h]

That very much depends on what you need a runtime for. JVM bytecode semantics are not a good match for something like C++ or Rust.