[azakai]

If you used Zoom on the Web then you have used WebAssembly without knowing it. The same for a long list of other stuff, big and small, from parts of Wikipedia to games to many other things.

When you use something like the Video element on the Web then it's obvious - you see a video playing - but wasm is just a technical detail that you might not notice as a user. But it often makes things faster or easier to port or to develop, and it is used quite widely (though far less widely than JavaScript, for example).

[ein0p]

Didn’t know about this, very cool, and makes a lot of sense.