Re:Introduction to WebAssembly Components
by LeanderK on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:50AM
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isn't webassemly just a compile-target? Like JVM-bytecode or real x86 assembly?
If so, then you are not really supposed to understand web assembly. Just like x86 assembly it's just what your language, like rust, compiles to. If you want to understand it, then I suppose it's hard unless you have a background in systems programming since it's so low-level. It's the nature of the game and web-dev is quite removed from low-level coding.
I don't have an experience with web assembly, it's just how I understood the concept.
Re:Introduction to WebAssembly Components
by krona on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:13PM
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Webassembly is like a virtual machine without any standard library but permits custom embedders. As you could imagine that makes it limiting and is in part what things like WASI and Webassembly Components are trying to address.
If so, then you are not really supposed to understand web assembly. Just like x86 assembly it's just what your language, like rust, compiles to. If you want to understand it, then I suppose it's hard unless you have a background in systems programming since it's so low-level. It's the nature of the game and web-dev is quite removed from low-level coding.
I don't have an experience with web assembly, it's just how I understood the concept.