Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM
by pavlov on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:40AM
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Those plugins still need an API in some language to interface with the host. A natural choice would be JavaScript: it's the world's most popular programming language, relatively easy to embed, and runtimes are available in every operating system.
At that point, you don't need WASM separately — just execute JavaScript and allow plugin writers to embed WASM modules for high performance, just like browsers do.
Re:Universal Binaries Using WASM
by mkl on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:01AM
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Well, if you were doing that, I don't think you'd need wasmer. V8 alone would be enough. Wasmer seems like an attempt to get away from Javascript and interface more directly with WASM.
At that point, you don't need WASM separately — just execute JavaScript and allow plugin writers to embed WASM modules for high performance, just like browsers do.