Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast

Re:Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast by fucking_tragedy on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:17PM (#18169272)

It was well written, but throughout the entire article I was hoping I'd learn what this thing was and why it was represented this way[1].

[1] On the right: https://2r4s9p1yi1fa2jd7j43zph8r-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/fil...

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Re:Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast by andhow on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:21PM (#18169308)

That came from one of Lin's first posts about WebAssembly: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/02/a-crash-course-in-just-in-...

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Re:Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast by drzaiusx11 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:51PM (#18178761)

The "thing" on the right is a reference to the aliens in the movie Arrival where the main character (a linguistics professor) communicates with tentacled smoke beings by holding up white board messages.

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Re:Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast by fucking_tragedy on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:40PM (#18179641)

Thanks, the reference went right over my head. Was the movie any good?

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Re:Calls between JavaScript and WebAssembly are finally fast by tshepang on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:32AM (#18207335)

very good

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