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by larsnystrom 106 days ago
WASM is kind of like Java bytecode, right? A compilation target which requires a runtime? But better sandboxed?
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flohofwoe 106 days ago
In general, and with a lot of handwaving and omitting details: yes :)
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ncruces 106 days ago
If you consider just Wasm 1.0 and 2.0, the amount of “runtime” is relatively sparse.

A tool like wasm2c (or my wasm2go) shows this: there is no huge runtime to carry, just a fairly direct translation of Wasm byte code to C (or Go).

wasm2c: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/blob/main/wasm2c/README....

wasm2go: https://github.com/ncruces/wasm2go

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iberator 106 days ago
WASP is almost the same as Java Applets but buildinto browser and works without plugins.

Java Applets were amazing technology IMO. Windows Java launcher ruined it (as i understand that was the main security issue).

ps. Java 8 still works :P

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wffurr 106 days ago
Lower level, GC optional, supports stack allocated user defined types. Initially designed for C and C++ as an LLVM backend.
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