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Re:Wasm3 compiles itself (using LLVM/Clang compiled to WASM) by ReactiveJelly on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:33PM (#26929906)
Emscripten hit 1.0.1 around November 2012 (looked it up on GitHub)

So if wasm is the spiritual successor to Emscripten's "Compile C to JavaScript and run C in a browser" then it's only 8 years.

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Re:Wasm3 compiles itself (using LLVM/Clang compiled to WASM) by Hydraulix989 on Sunday April 25, 2021 @03:51AM (#26931067)
I mean, you can keep playing this game and take Microsoft ActiveX or Google NaCl as another spiritual successor. I maintain that WASM has been around for 3 years.
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