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Re:WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in the browser by kllrnohj on Thursday May 20, 2021 @08:11PM (#27229049)
But you can do that same API emulation in regular browser JavaScript, too. What's the WASM intermediate buying here?
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Re:WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in the browser by maple3142 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:35PM (#27229580)
I think it is more complicated to emulate those api in normal browser environment compared to emulating some OS api for running node.js.
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Re:WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in the browser by kllrnohj on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:39PM (#27229600)
Why? It's literally JavaScript on both sides - what's complicated here?
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Re:WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in the browser by maple3142 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:51PM (#27229668)
Because many node.js api are written in C/C++, it might be easier to implements OS features instead of rewriting in JS. This is just my assumption.
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