Beyond the Hype
WebAssembly – from the browser to beyond
Aug 7, 2023
Bailey Hayes and Sean Isom delve into the origins of WebAssembly, its potential beyond the browser, and the Component Model breaking language barriers. They discuss comparisons to Docker, secure default settings, and upcoming events. The podcast explores WebAssembly's role in web development, low adoption rates, and expanding use cases outside browsers. They highlight its performance benefits, language ecosystem unification, and simplified application deployment.
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- WebAssembly Component Model revolutionizes language ecosystem for cross-language ideal.
- WebAssembly expands to cloud computing for versatile application deployment across various platforms.
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The Evolution of WebAssembly
WebAssembly has evolved from its early days of Asm.js, with a component model set to revolutionize the language ecosystem by creating a cross-language ideal allowing libraries to target Web Assembly components. This model enables easier integration of different languages' capabilities and enhances composability, virtualization, and isolation guarantees.
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