A cartoon intro to WebAssembly

Re:A cartoon intro to WebAssembly by n00b101 on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:08PM (#13757836)

> I wish the scripting line would not be crossed and we could stick to JIT-compiled JS or even dialects that can execute closer to the metal (like asm.js). It's just so nice to be able to have all the codes ...

This is addressed in the WASM FAQ:

"Will WebAssembly support View Source on the Web?

Yes! WebAssembly defines a text format to be rendered when developers view the source of a WebAssembly module in any developer tool..." [1]

[1] http://webassembly.org/docs/faq/

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Re:A cartoon intro to WebAssembly by azakai on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:18PM (#13758689)

There will be a text format, but it's important to keep expectations low, as here is what it looks like:

http://webassembly.org/docs/text-format/

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Re:A cartoon intro to WebAssembly by n00b101 on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:57PM (#13759044)

I suspect that's no worse than minified JavaScript or ASM.js.

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Re:A cartoon intro to WebAssembly by irrational on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @02:06AM (#13761870)

That's a joke, right?

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