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Re:Ask HN: How does a 1990s web developer get back on track? by anonx on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @10:51AM (#10888076)
> in the future, we're shifting towards ... Javascript centric applications

Are we? I expect 2016-2017 to be a turning point in the history of client-side web-development due to WebAssembly. Is it just my wet fantasy?

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Re:Ask HN: How does a 1990s web developer get back on track? by mwpmaybe on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @07:32PM (#10898805)
I hope so but it's going to be a while before we have a decent, feature-rich language (with accompanying frameworks) that compiles down to WASM and wide-enough browser coverage to make it a practical development target.
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