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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by m_mueller on Friday August 24, 2018 @07:56AM (#17834333)
I guess we need an in-browser package management like npm?
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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by adrianN on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:01AM (#17834358)
Just compile Debian to WASM and use apt.
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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by lx3459683 on Friday August 24, 2018 @12:05PM (#17835791)
Just run a browser in your WASM Debian to hit the same page.
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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by mdboom on Friday August 24, 2018 @02:40PM (#17836910)
The plan is to build something based on conda.
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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by krapp on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:01AM (#17834359)
In-browser package management, combined with caching of common dependencies, yes.

Like npm? No.

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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by m_mueller on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:08AM (#17834388)
Well I'm not really into JS web development, but NPM and a bunch of Node-like extensions would give you compatibility with lots of existing libraries.
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Re:The Python scientific stack, compiled to WebAssembly by nostalgeek on Friday August 24, 2018 @10:58AM (#17835309)
> I guess we need an in-browser package management like npm?

It exists and it's called bower.

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