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For those in the know, what doors is web assembly expected to open? Better cross platform platforms via a browser wrap? Will new types of browser applications be possible that aren't now in JS only world? What are they?
Expect every language out there to have a WebAssembly implementation, including Flash.
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I think it's darkly humorous that I have to install browser plugins to stop sites from mining monero in my browser. It's like websites are those creepy spider things in the Matrix, except instead of sticking humans in pods to harvest their biochemical energy, they're just running up our home electricity bills by maxing our CPUs.
What plugins do you recommend for this?
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Expect every language out there to have a WebAssembly implementation, including Flash.
Until wasm supports proper tail calls, only the ones with uninteresting control structures.
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But what is a computer for if not running other people's code? I can't imagine there are many people in this world who have a computer with more than even 1% their own code running on it.
Red herring. People install or explicitly download code they want to run. The general public doesn't even realize that most web pages are full of code (js not html) and most developers have gotten so used to it they feel entitled. The goal should be to try harder to use less code, not enable native execution. I understand, engineers like to think about what is possible (wouldn't it be cool if..!) but sometime they ne…
"A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion."
I don't see how my comment is a red herring. Computers are for running code. That's what they do. You said you don't want other people's code running on your computer. Bad news for you, that's all your computer does.
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But what is a computer for if not running other people's code? I can't imagine there are many people in this world who have a computer with more than even 1% their own code running on it.
Red herring. People install or explicitly download code they want to run. The general public doesn't even realize that most web pages are full of code (js not html) and most developers have gotten so used to it they feel entitled. The goal should be to try harder to use less code, not enable native execution. I understand, engineers like to think about what is possible (wouldn't it be cool if..!) but sometime they ne…
WebAssembly looks like a safe, portable, intermediate bytecode. What's wrong with giving people more options (e.g. running native applications in their browsers)?
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Until wasm supports proper tail calls, only the ones with uninteresting control structures.
Couldn't the compiler take care of optimizing those when necessary? After all I don't know of any "real" assembly with tail call support...
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Until wasm supports proper tail calls, only the ones with uninteresting control structures.
Couldn't the compiler take care of optimizing those when necessary? After all I don't know of any "real" assembly with tail call support...
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Expect every language out there to have a WebAssembly implementation, including Flash.
Until wasm supports proper tail calls, only the ones with uninteresting control structures.