Let’s Replace JavaScript with Something Better

Re:Let’s Replace JavaScript with Something Better by KyleGalvin on Thursday April 12, 2018 @07:37PM (#16825886)

That's an interesting thought. I didn't mean to suggest anyone code in WASM, but I think I see what you mean.

I have experience embedding lua applications within mobile apps, and it required a fair deal of wiring in C to marshal between java and lua (android) or swift and lua (ios).

To do the same in WASM sounds rather undesirable.

Edit: to finish my thought, I dont see the problem with using a compiler toolchain to create web applications. Can you elaborate on why that isn't a good thing?

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Re:Let’s Replace JavaScript with Something Better by krapp on Thursday April 12, 2018 @07:52PM (#16825975)

>Can you elaborate on why that isn't a good thing?

It's not a bad thing per se, but it's added complexity without any obvious benefit if that code is still doing what javascript already does, just as a binary blob, especially for simple uses like glue code around jQuery or the sort of JS running on Hacker News.

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Re:Let’s Replace JavaScript with Something Better by steveklabnik on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:28PM (#16826717)

> To do the same in WASM sounds rather undesirable.

This can be automated though; it's what we've been working on in Rust, and the approach is fundamentally language-agnostic.

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