Javascript in 2016, Beyond Harmony
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Claims that WebAssembly grows from asm.js DNA, proved by Alan Zakaï cross‑compiling C++ games and fast implementations from Luke Wagner and others. All four major engines run WebAssembly projects and a W3C community group coordinates work, with experimental/nightly builds appearing this year. WebAssembly is a binary safe format with a compact, bitwise encoding of ASTs, a text debugger view like Lisp, and self‑verifying code that loads faster and enables things JavaScript cannot.
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