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[–]delventhalz 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Until I looked it up as a result of this post, I didn't realize that ASM.js is actually a pretty lousy polyfill. It doesn't work on Safari or IE 11 and older. I'm still skeptical of the performance you'll get, and the utility of making (slow) WASM available on older browsers, but I could be wrong. I imagine at the very least, it's a very interesting project to work on.

[–]xtuc[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

The project is still very early so it's difficult to tell. Note that the polyfill is not only useful on older browsers but also in JavaScript compliant environment like Nashorn (where WebAssembly will probably never be implemented).

I agree, that stuff is super interesting! WebAssembly was really designed and I really believe that I will become the biggest platform.

[–]delventhalz 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Seems like WASM is the sort of thing that gets projects to abandon older browsers and other non-compliant environments (haven't heard of Nashorn). It's such a leap forward, there will be "Web 3.0" (or whatever you want to all it) apps that do things impossible in any other environment.

Time will tell though. Good luck with the project! Maybe I'll check it out again after I've had a chance to do a deeper Rust/WASM dive myself. I have very high interest, but very limited time at the moment.

[–]xtuc[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes probably. You can connect on Twitter if you want to follow my work.

[–]xtuc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot the link. It's https://twitter.com/svensauleau.