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Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled by zelly on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:17AM (#24763409)
> Software written in any programming language (as long as it targets WASM) is a lot easier to host than existing models.

For the past 20 years you have been able to target x86 gnu/linux and have it running without modification on a readily available server, either your own hardware or rented/public cloud. How does switching from one binary format to another (x86 to WASM) change anything (except maybe slowing down your code)? As I understand it, the main draw of WASM is running non-JS code in a web browser.

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Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled by tarruda on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:47AM (#24763568)
> As I understand it, the main draw of WASM is running non-JS code in a web browser.

Simplified deployment + automatic sandboxing?

AFAIK with x86 you can't just write a client app and have it automatically run on any computer that visits your website.

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Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled by cblconfederate on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:55AM (#24765550)
Are people reinventing java as if it never existed?
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Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled by recursive on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:04AM (#24766244)
No. Only as if the user experience was seriously flawed.
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