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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by ubercow13 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:12AM (#19252969)
Kind of like Java
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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by thefounder on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:06AM (#19253166)
Java is slow(to start) and memory hungry. That's why it failed so badly. Compare that with JavaScript/Electron.
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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by krapp on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:15AM (#19253194)
>Compare that with JavaScript/Electron.

Electron is heavier and even more memory hungry.

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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by StavrosK on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:49AM (#19253312)
I don't know what the GP was thinking. Hopefully exactly that.
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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by fetbaffe on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @07:18AM (#19253653)
Build once, eat memory anywhere.
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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by protomyth on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:10AM (#19253175)
Please explain how Java “failed so badly”?
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Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM by thefounder on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:14AM (#19253185)
It failed so badly "on the web/in browser".
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