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…flow graphs are well-structured as in high-level languages like Java, JavaScript and Go." See: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat... I am delighted :)

comment by childintime · 2017-06-07 · in Assembling WebAssembly

…currently can't access the DOM directly, but it's definitely a goal to let it do so in the future: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by comex · 2017-06-07 · in Assembling WebAssembly

https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#wil... The text form of Wasm looks like it's going to be far easier to read than minified JS.

comment by Sean1708 · 2017-06-06 · in WebAssembly 101: A developer’s first steps

…where I stand. Note that I am not the only one thinking this. Core wasm developers agree. [1] [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/219

comment by sjrd · 2017-06-04 · in Scala.JS 0.6.17 released

…a disadvantage. Those things are on the WASM roadmap. So this isn't just me going off on a tangent. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by tyingq · 2017-04-30 · in Wacl: Tcl distro customized for WebAssembly

On GC, maybe you should let them know. They seem to be headed down that path: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md Oh, and on direct DOM access. You presented a link to an implementation of indirect DOM access. They have…

comment by tyingq · 2017-04-30 · in Wacl: Tcl distro customized for WebAssembly

…a 'better' scripting language without having to pay some overhead costs, one being GC issues. [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#is-...

comment by zengid · 2017-04-13 · in Glimmer.js: What’s the Deal with TypeScript?

That statement is highly uninformed. I would suggest starting reading from here https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#is-...

comment by vmasto · 2017-04-03 · in Moving from Node.js to ASP.NET Core

Yep, GC support has been part of WASM's long-term goals since almost the beginning. April 30, 2015: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/commit/16687d30a0859b2...

comment by Ajedi32 · 2017-03-16 · in Why WebAssembly Is Faster Than Asm.js

…goal It wasn't part of the MVP, but it most definitely is a design goal for future iterations. See: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by Ajedi32 · 2017-03-16 · in Why WebAssembly Is Faster Than Asm.js

…That's true for now, but they're [planning][1] on adding support for that in the near future. [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by Ajedi32 · 2017-03-16 · in Why WebAssembly Is Faster Than Asm.js

…[3] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11263378 [2] https://github.com/stoklund/varint [3] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/601

comment by Mindless2112 · 2017-03-16 · in Why WebAssembly Is Faster Than Asm.js

…language that you can't compile into wasm is Javascript? This issue was closed 12 hours ago: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/219 I know it's cliche and been written about ad nauseum, but this really does feel like the trojan…

comment by ballenf · 2017-03-16 · in Why WebAssembly Is Faster Than Asm.js

…VMs for them is much more difficult than a WASM JIT. The WASM FAQ has an entry about LLVM IR: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#why...

comment by muizelaar · 2017-03-16 · in Why WebAssembly Is Faster Than Asm.js

…have to use JS as a compile target instead of WASM if they want to interact with a web page. [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by daliwali · 2017-03-12 · in Ask HN: Will front end development ever move away from JavaScript?

Support for GC and DOM is coming https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by walkingolof · 2017-03-01 · in WebAssembly consensus and end of Browser Preview

*Abbreviation ( https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/980 ).

comment by unwind · 2017-03-01 · in What makes WebAssembly fast?

And they've settled on a logo! https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/980

comment by theodorton · 2017-03-01 · in A cartoon intro to WebAssembly

I like the new logo (inspired by the side-on profile of an IC) https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/980

comment by angrygoat · 2017-03-01 · in WebAssembly consensus and end of Browser Preview

https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#wil...

comment by fastest963 · 2017-03-01 · in WebAssembly consensus and end of Browser Preview

Yes: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/119

comment by mikepurvis · 2017-03-01 · in What makes WebAssembly fast?

It will have a text format (or more than one), but yea probably it will be less readable: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat...

comment by spyder · 2017-03-01 · in What makes WebAssembly fast?

First question in the FAQ https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md Memory allocation is particularly painful in asm.js, for example.

comment by klodolph · 2017-03-01 · in WebAssembly consensus and end of Browser Preview

…it as soon as possible and save as much battery as possible on the mobile devices. From the FAQ: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#why... "The kind of binary format being considered for WebAssembly can be natively…

comment by acqq · 2017-02-28 · in What makes WebAssembly fast?

…roadmap, but not high priority. Edit: No help with a prediction on when, but a bit of the "how": https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by tyingq · 2017-02-27 · in Emscripten/HTML integration tips

I found the relevant discussion on this: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/960

comment by n00b101 · 2017-02-10 · in A first look at WebAssembly performance

…of the MVP, but it is listed as a high-level goal[1] and is specced as a future feature[2]. [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/HighLevelG... [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by stupidcar · 2017-02-10 · in JavaScript Start-up Performance

…Further performance improvements are very likely, can see some of the planned improvements here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FutureFeat... Also, we're unlikely to see 10x improvements over JS. Based on the benchmarks…

comment by ZenoArrow · 2017-02-09 · in A first look at WebAssembly performance

The reason for not using LLVM bitcode or ASM.js is already covered in detail here https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md I am unsure how JVM or CLR are relevant. WebAssembly is not a virtual machine byte code (and neither…

comment by n00b101 · 2017-02-09 · in A first look at WebAssembly performance

They actually have that question in their FAQ: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#why...

comment by Ajedi32 · 2017-02-09 · in A first look at WebAssembly performance

…tech demo of the fact that you're directly generating wasm... well...... It's not yet perfect; see https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#is-... . At this point wasm specifies no way to talk to the DOM but only allows you…

comment by i336_ · 2017-01-30 · in Things Every Hacker Once Knew

https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat...

comment by empath75 · 2017-01-05 · in Compiling Rust to Web Assembly

It is, but not in the first release: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md

comment by markdog12 · 2016-12-23 · in Announcing Rust 1.14

…comparing wasm to other bytecodes or interpreters. Could you point me to the right place? [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#why...

comment by Shoop · 2016-11-29 · in Angry Bots Demo

There is a design doc describing non-Web embedding for WASM: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/NonWeb.md That doesn't mention HTML but focuses on avoiding JS entirely, so presumably there'd be some more direct way to invoke…

comment by rhelmer · 2016-11-04 · in Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile

Before I left Google, I worked on this briefly and produced this PR: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/pull/708 It summarizes the discussion so far between various stakeholders. I've since moved on to other things, and I don't know…

comment by dekimir · 2016-11-02 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…native unsigned operations. For information on the semantics of WebAssembly arithmetic, see https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/Semantics.... For other information about WebAssembly start here…

comment by wahern · 2016-11-02 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…used in much the same way and has some of the same developers working on it. This might help you: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md

comment by bobajeff · 2016-11-01 · in WebAssembly Stack Machine

…it was an AST but they got pushback from browser backend people and pivoted to a stack machine. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/755 AST was a good idea and parsing as validation was excellent. Having a general stack machine…

comment by CalChris · 2016-11-01 · in WebAssembly Stack Machine

Doesn't appear to be standardized yet, but some of the goals are outlined here. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat...

comment by SquareWheel · 2016-11-01 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

There is a FAQ entry on this point: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#is-...

comment by binji · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

I really think that https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112#issuecommen... is the winner in this thread.

comment by slantview · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

I am such a softie: I don't even particularly like https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112#issuecommen... , but I feel sad that the little koala illustration will never be used.

comment by zeveb · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…access to browser APIs, but the MVP version that is being implemented now, does not yet allow it: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/JS.md WASM code can call external functions defined per module, and the external code can…

comment by aspirin · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

Looks like https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112#issuecommen... is the winner.

comment by jbpetersen · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…VM code supported by all major browsers sounds like one. There's a whole Wiki page dedicated to GC: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md Sounds like they aim to implement only GC primitives to allow emulating a wide…

comment by vesinisa · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…announcement overshadow what's really important: bikeshedding over the official WebAssembly logo https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112 :)

comment by kibwen · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…access browser functionality through the same Web APIs that are accessible to JavaScript; ? https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/HighLevelG...

comment by detaro · 2016-10-31 · in WebAssembly Browser Preview

…the caveat that it needs to get traction beyond the web to really take off (which is the goal - https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/249#issuecommen... ).

comment by rch · 2016-10-04 · in Why I hate frameworks (2005)

No DOM access for the MVP. They do plan on eventually supporting it though: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FutureFeat...

comment by markdog12 · 2016-09-20 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?