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0 pointssova9y ago0 comments

For example, I just googled briefly for the Chrome WASM platform status and to quote directly, "WebAssembly is in the early stages of language and spec design."

Although I would love to have a working model of WASM to play with, the fact is that it is a fresh idea and that any spec you see today will not be around in five years.

Wanting WASM to look like C/C++ is so hilariously misguided that I wonder if any programmers have been paying attention to language evolution in the past 5 decades.

Yes, Javascript is the best we can do at the moment, and that is truly sh. I do not disagree. My latest progress with regards to that is using something that compiles to JS, but there is still the indefatigable issue of having to use Javascript.

To me, WASM is an initiative to redesign the language behind the screen, and anything short would be inadequate because Javascript already does almost everything, just in an incredibly roundabout, piecemeal, poorly evolved way.

So, you are right in assuming I have not been paying attention to the news in the world of Web ASM, but I must also appeal to your logic and say that any of the news you read now is just theoretical debate. Maybe I should take up my issues with the language designers, as that may prove more fruitful.

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sqeaky9y ago· 3 in thread

Last night I tried a web assembly demo of Ogre3d, an open source 3d rendering engine. It worked in Chrome and Firefox. (I will put the link here after work, it is sitting in my personal email)

Whatever you are reading about the spec is not lining up with the reality of progress. We have two implementations now.

I encourage you to read the article, it is a decent primer for someone with your apparent level of knowledge. I assure you web assembly is not an attempt to replace javascript or make javascript look like C/C++, though you imply you believe such when you say things like "Wanting WASM to look like C/C++ is so hilariously misguided". I am not sure how language design factors into, if someone were so inclined they could compile JS to Wasm and have similar performance gains if the compiler optimized well.

Wasm is about nothing more than performance and they have nailed it. It is very fast compared to javascript, though it is slower than the C or C++ compiled to a native executable.

sovaOP9y ago

Thank you for taking the time to clarify the status of the project to a stubborn mule such as myself.

sqeaky9y ago

I just tested this in Firefox 53 and Chromium 58: https://ogrecave.github.io/ogre/wasm/

Space to jump, WADS to move, Q to draw and put away swords.

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sqeaky9y ago

Thank you for being reasonable, that is not very common. You were never rude and we are all... off sometimes.

and sorry I forgot the link, I am writing a note to myself on real dead tree so I can forget it easily.

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