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Re:What makes WebAssembly fast? by pjmlp on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:06AM (#13761610)
It got outcompeted by Flash, JavaScript had zero to do with it.

Had Apple not forbidden Flash on iOS, there would be no JavaScript superiority to talk about.

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Re:What makes WebAssembly fast? by ZenPsycho on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @02:17AM (#13761937)
I invite you to try your favourite flash website in Puffin browser to see how "great" an experience flash on an iphone is.
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Re:What makes WebAssembly fast? by pjmlp on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:35AM (#13762258)
Surely not worse than what JavaScript is.

Thankfully on Android and WP devices I was able to take the battery out, when the web site developer got too creative for the device's CPU/GPU.

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