Not So Fast: Analyzing the Performance of WebAssembly vs. Native Code
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All major web browsers now support WebAssembly, a low-level bytecode intended to serve as a compilation target for code written in languages like C and C++. A key goal of WebAssembly is performance parity with native c…
  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    These people compiled Firefox and Chrome into WebAssembly.

    They spent so much effort trying to figure out if they could that they never stopped to think whether they should.