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Re:The Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure, composable futu... by Narishma on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @03:52PM (#21518063)
> Imagine embedding a WebAssembly runtime like wasmtime, and telling people they can write their extensions in any language they want.

Is that desirable? Won't it lead to a bloated mess with every extension dragging in a different language runtime with it?

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Re:The Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure, composable futu... by kaetemi on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @04:55PM (#21518594)
Web developers don't seem to have any concern about using gigantic quantities of memory. Don't hire a web developer to develop for games. :)
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Re:The Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure, composable futu... by StavrosK on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @08:06PM (#21520133)
It's almost as if spending time optimizing memory usage isn't worth it because server RAM is cheap!
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Re:The Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure, composable futu... by bpt3 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:16AM (#21525793)
What does server RAM have to do with modern web development, where the vast majority of the work is done on the frontend?
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Re:The Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure, composable futu... by nine_k on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @11:02PM (#21521076)
With several programs using wasm, the runtimes can be shared, the way shared libraries work in modern OSes, or shared assemblies .net.
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Re:The Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure, composable futu... by 6nf on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:20AM (#21521350)
Yea but sometimes we are willing to run an entire nano linux in a WASM module if it helps launch a few days earlier!
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