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0 pointsslimsag8y ago0 comments

WebAssembly can be used anywhere. It is not tied to JavaScript in nature. So think of it kind of like the JVM in a way (but it's not an implementation, just a spec).

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tudelo8y ago

So people are using wasm in a non web context ?

kodablah8y ago

Yup: https://github.com/cretz/asmble

slimsagOP8y ago

Yes. Not a ton of people (yet), but yes, some are.

EugeneOZ8y ago

but why, if you have plenty of good languages to do this? Wasm is good for browsers because only choice we have is js.

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mlevental8y ago

but i'm asking what are some webasm languages/backends/use cases that aren't a JS interpreter?

jononor8y ago

There is a work ongoing to enable WASM to be used for Etherum smart contracts, replacing the custom VM/bytecode.

One could use WASM for reconfigurable on-edge computing, all the way down to microcontrollers.

swsieber8y ago

WASM for Ethereum would be amazing. There are a lot of languages with much better safety stories than the current one.

kodablah8y ago

See http://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/. Portability. For example, I can use Rust on the JVM: https://github.com/cretz/asmble/tree/master/examples/rust-re...

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tudelo8y ago

So people are using wasm in a non web context ?

kodablah8y ago

Yup: https://github.com/cretz/asmble

slimsagOP8y ago

Yes. Not a ton of people (yet), but yes, some are.

EugeneOZ8y ago

but why, if you have plenty of good languages to do this? Wasm is good for browsers because only choice we have is js.

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mlevental8y ago

but i'm asking what are some webasm languages/backends/use cases that aren't a JS interpreter?

jononor8y ago

There is a work ongoing to enable WASM to be used for Etherum smart contracts, replacing the custom VM/bytecode.

One could use WASM for reconfigurable on-edge computing, all the way down to microcontrollers.

swsieber8y ago

WASM for Ethereum would be amazing. There are a lot of languages with much better safety stories than the current one.

kodablah8y ago

See http://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/. Portability. For example, I can use Rust on the JVM: https://github.com/cretz/asmble/tree/master/examples/rust-re...

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