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by amelius 980 days ago
When will it become practical to run Linux inside the browser using WASM?
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daxelrod 980 days ago
It’s been possible for years. I’m not sure what a good definition of “practical” would be though.

https://bellard.org/jslinux/

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amelius 980 days ago
That's exactly why I said "practical" ;)
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Buttons840 980 days ago
Probably before WASM bytecode can manipulate the DOM without JavaScript.

The browser seems on track to do everything except giving first-class support for other languages.

I've been studying the WebGPU API, which seems good, and visions of even our game engines being written in JavaScript are continually before my eyes.

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