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by pjmlp 989 days ago
Eventually people will realise its potential is being yet another bytecode format, with VC trying to capitalise products on top of it.
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vmfunction 988 days ago
Assembly is not bytecode! V8 already has bytecode for the web. WASM is meant to run faster and more efficient computations.
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pjmlp 988 days ago
Dude first learn what you are talking about.

> WebAssembly (abbreviated Wasm) is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. Wasm is designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages, enabling deployment on the web for client and server applications.

https://webassembly.org/

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