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260 mentions on Hacker News by 196 people: 15 stories, 245 comments · first 2015-06-17 · latest 2026-05-03

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  1. …ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript#4th_Edition_.28aban... [2] https://webassembly.github.io/ [3] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/219 [4] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md
  2. WebAssembly(wasm) needs one https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112
  3. …invest in. [0] https://github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs#readme [1] https://webassembly.github.io/ [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FutureFeat...
  4. Yes, this is indeed on the roadmap: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md Interoperability with GC systems is a prerequisite and will come down the road from the initial ("MVP") release.
  5. …[0] https://webassembly.github.io/ [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1188259 [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md
  6. …[1] C++ in your browser tomorrow? Check. [2] [1] http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/ [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/CAndC++.md
    comment by guiambros · 2016-07-17 · in Why age in software is bullshit
  7. …validation, the WebAssembly text format should be much more natural to read and write than asm.js. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#wil... Now I didn't mean to come off as snippy and for that I do apologize, but I…
    comment by SquareWheel · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  8. There is an effort under way to ensure wasm debugging is at least as easy as JS debugging: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/pull/708
    comment by dekimir · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  9. …. There's more information about the current binary format here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/BinaryEnco... There's a prototype spec interpreter here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/tree/master/ml-
    comment by binji · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  10. …it differs from JS in several respects, as it aims to reflect the underlying WebAssembly language. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/pull/704 If you're strongly opinionated about WebAssembly having a readable format for the Open Web…
    comment by JasonSage · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  11. All that is planned though, just not for the MVP: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md
    comment by stupidcar · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  12. Something in text: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112#issuecommen... \\//
    comment by vmorgulis · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  13. And the project is in search of a logo. You can find a bunch of proposals here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/112
    comment by icefox · 2016-07-13 · in WebAssembly Specification Prototype
  14. WebAssembly doesn't really add any more language choices for the DOM directly. At least not yet: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md
  15. …nothing of it really, but it seems like a long-term goal, not shortterm for the WA design team. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/189 As an aside, I am a weak programmer, but I love what you guys have done with Racket,…
  16. github.com/WebAssembly/sexpr-wasm-prototype github.com/WebAssembly/spec github.com/WebAssembly/design
    comment by flamedoge · 2016-06-25 · in Build Your First Thing with WebAssembly
  17. …files in the links). If you're super brave, there's hints about the Binary AST format here [2] [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat... [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/BinaryEnco...
    comment by niftich · 2016-06-25 · in Build Your First Thing with WebAssembly
  18. …format with a 20-30% reduction size than its gzipped asm.js counterpart[1], for context :) [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/Rationale....
    comment by slimsag · 2016-05-13 · in Taking Rust everywhere with rustup
  19. …A contributor is working on a JIT right now to make execution faster [1]. Hope that clarifies! [0] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md [1] https://github.com/plasma-umass/doppio/pull/443
    comment by jvilk · 2016-05-08 · in Java Polyfill for the Browser
  20. …websites. Non-web embeddings will be possible [1], but are not currently being developed. [0]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/Web.md#web... [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/NonWeb.md
  21. …to do with JavaScript. You can even see all the possible instructions here to confirm [1]. 1. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/AstSemanti...
    comment by esailija · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  22. …(JavaScript, DOM, Web API) objects." [2] [1] http://moduscreate.com/webassembly-explained/ [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md
    comment by michaelwww · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  23. …C bridging stuff [3]. [1] http://bytecrafter.blogspot.nl/2015/06/a-quick-overview-of-w... [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md [3] https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/...
    comment by DonHopkins · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  24. …That being said, i really want DOM access from Rust, so perhaps it's a moot point heh [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md#gc--...
    comment by fizzbatter · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  25. There's a response above this one from titzer describing it, or you can read more here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/DynamicLin...
  26. …GC into you wasm module. More general-purpose GC will be supported, but not in the initial release: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md
    comment by jfbastien · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  27. …emscripten w/asm is a solid benchmark. It is NOT primarily about C++ just because that's the v1. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#whi...
  28. …else is an afterthought that will come later. WebAssembly isn't about minifying your JS. Read this: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md GC, DOM access, etc. don't exist in WebAssembly code, yet.
  29. …that the web stays open and debuggable [2]. [0]: https://www.w3.org/community/webassembly/ [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat... [2]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/Tooling.md
  30. …when minified, than WebAssembly is. View-source is an explicit goal of WebAssembly's first launch: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#wil...
    comment by jfbastien · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  31. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md
    comment by sbierwagen · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  32. …sort of native Garbage Collection, as well as the concept of opaque reference types. See more here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/GC.md
  33. Yes, you should have a read of the FAQ: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md
    comment by alimbada · 2016-03-15 · in Experimental support for WebAssembly in V8
  34. Yes; the WebAssembly project has some ideas on this here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/NonWeb.md
  35. …allocation) and the rebuttal looks slightly uninformed. There are discussions about coroutines ( https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FutureFeat... ) and more generally about low-level capabilities (…
  36. …WebAssembly: https://github.com/WebAssembly/polyfill-prototype-1 And the load times are still good: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#can...
    comment by clouddrover · 2016-03-12 · in State of the Art JavaScript in 2016
  37. …interop, GC + DOM integration, and view-source to see the textual encoding of wasm [0][1]. [0]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/Web.md [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat... (Disclaimer: I…
  38. …[1] for WebAssembly. (Disclaimer: I'm on the V8 team.) [0]: http://webassembly.github.io/ [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/BinaryEnco...
  39. …of asm.js. I intend to implement a JIT similar to QEMU's tcg as soon as Web Assembly supports it: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FutureFeat...
    comment by copy · 2016-02-23 · in Show HN: Windows 98 in browser
  40. …create workaround-ish solutions in a form of "WASM -> language of your choice" decompilers. [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/pull/457
  41. Compiling from JavaScript to WebAssembly is not possible and makes no sense. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/219
    comment by hun-nemethpeter · 2016-01-16 · in A look at asm.js and the future with WebAssembly
  42. …web-site (e.g. "google.com") and try to view its source. Is minified JS really that readable? [1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#wil...
  43. …source projects. Go look at the spec. It's at a much lower level of abstraction than JavaScript is. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/AstSemanti...
    comment by msandford · 2016-01-11 · in What is WebAssembly? (2015)
  44. …and languages. Web development without (at least optional) GC is going the wrong direction. 1 - https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/104
    comment by kodablah · 2016-01-11 · in What is WebAssembly? (2015)
  45. First: WebAssemly will have a readable text format for view-source functionality: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/TextFormat... Second: "...so much easier to spy on people and hide all kinds of nastiness in web…
    comment by spyder · 2016-01-11 · in What is WebAssembly? (2015)
  46. …access to the DOM and made it one of the first things to implement after the minimum viable product https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/87bf5b62988eb5005...
    comment by singularity2001 · 2016-01-11 · in Intent to implement WASM in v8
  47. …on the entire JavaScript API with invalid parameters. How long before someone finds a hole? [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/issues/205
    comment by Animats · 2016-01-10 · in Intent to implement WASM in v8
  48. …format that is convertible to and from the binary format, supporting View Source functionality." https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/HighLevelG...
    comment by devsquid · 2015-12-18 · in Compiling to WebAssembly: It’s Happening
  49. …built into the spec of WASM to at least try to make the bytecode convert into human readable code. https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/HighLevelG... But as you state, its not integral to a "open web". IMO WASM is a long time…
    comment by devsquid · 2015-12-18 · in Compiling to WebAssembly: It’s Happening
  50. …'Open source by default' is a problem to be solved at a cultural level, not a technical one. [0] https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FAQ.md#wil...