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Re:Is WebAssembly the Return of Java Applets and Flash? by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:50PM (#17619874)
I suppose that's a fair perspective, but really what you're doing here is being pedantic. WASM is just the final step in integrating something like Flash or Java into the browser. That it took 20 years of standards adoption to get there isn't really relevant in my opinion.
Re:Is WebAssembly the Return of Java Applets and Flash? by topspin on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:29PM (#17620236)
Equating 20 years of open standards development to a proprietary extension will never add up in my book. If that's pedantry then so be it.
Re:Is WebAssembly the Return of Java Applets and Flash? by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday July 27, 2018 @07:00AM (#17625025)
Even if it's twenty years of open standards that replicates the functionality of a proprietary extension? That it doesn't make sense to you doesn't make sense to me.