From Asm.js to WebAssembly

Re:From Asm.js to WebAssembly by deskamess on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @07:02PM (#9735824)

I think it is perspective. I would prefer a web where I can use any language I want and not be forced to use only Javascript to create content. So in that sense this could give me more freedom.

For example I may chose to write my code in Rust and that imposes a burden on you (assuming you know only Javascript), but it does not curtail your freedom. Not as convenient as before for you since you now need to learn Rust. I think the freedom has spread to the person who is creating the content (code). The general consumer does not care, but the tinkerer/hacker now needs to put in more effort to parse the creation.

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Re:From Asm.js to WebAssembly by bsimpson on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @09:24PM (#9736244)

So long as the wasm blob can be read as Rust by a third party.

If it's a one-way Rust source -> wasm transformation, even a Rust user might have a hard time following what wasm spits out.

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Re:From Asm.js to WebAssembly by AriaMinaei on Friday June 19, 2015 @06:21AM (#9743883)

I agree that giving authors more freedom is a good thing, but as I argued, it also has serious downsides. But I think there are ways to keep the best of both worlds. I wrote a comment here with more detail: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9743859

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