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Seems to me Rust + WASM is just a recreation of the Java Applet outside of Oracles control. I guess they forgot Java is Open-Source and anyone can make a Apple
by spintin 2y ago
Seems to me Rust + WASM is just a recreation of the Java Applet outside of Oracles control.
I guess they forgot Java is Open-Source and anyone can make a Applet plugin if they wish.
The main reason that is not happening is that the browser is dead.
- saurik 2y agoThe core use cases of WASI have nothing to do with browsers. Yes, though: Java itself--without applets--also solves mostly the same problem.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoI prefer WASM to the JVM
- kennu 2y agoI think the main difference between WASM and JVM is that WASM was designed as a generic compilation target for all kinds of existing languages like C or Swift, while JVM is designed to specifically run Java bytecode with the features that Java-based languages support.