[6gvONxR4sf7o]

I really want polyglot programming to become easier. What are the barriers remaining for wasm/wasi to provide a foundation for a truly polyglot FFI? It seems like it was the promise from the beginning, but I lost track a long time ago.

[jauntywundrkind]

Now that there's a canonical ABI as specified by component-model, it seems like the good work can start.

As recommended elsewhere in the comments, there's a pretty damned fine talk my Luke Wagner that covers wasm components & the promise. He talks about cross-platform was 18m35s in: https://youtu.be/tAACYA1Mwv4#t=18m35s

[n42]

I’m by no means an expert here, but it seems with WASI preview 2, component model, and GC all converging around the same time, things are looking more optimistic than ever

[childintime]

Fermyon is practicing it. Initial stages, awaiting finalization of the standards, but it works.

[noworriesnate]

Extism is a polyglot plugin framework that has support for a lot of languages. It supports passing strings back and forth but that’s it for now IIUC. I’ve started incorporating it into a project of mine and really like it.