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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by austincheney on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:55PM (#24054901)
No. Webassembly is not faster than JavaScript enough to account for the features and APIs browsers supply with JavaScript. That being said WebAssembly is a superior alternative to JavaScript only when not recreating the interactions already available with JavaScript. Where WebAssembly shines are things like large binary media, games, and avoiding things like garbage collection.
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