WebAssembly becoming the biggest platform

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WebAssembly promises concrete benefits: binary modules cut load time by 3x in a Figma case, modules stream and instantiate before full download, and C/C++ code compiles into a browser binary that webpack can hot-reload. Tooling named includes webassemblyjs and a webpack integration that performs dead‑code elimination and in‑place binary edits. Limitations are explicit: no GC yet, restricted DOM access (JS imports fill the gap), browsers vary (IE11 missing support), and some benchmarks show compiled code running roughly twice as fast than equivalent JS.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 5:36Is Webassembly Going To Keep Javascript
3. 6:24Will Be Compile Our Java Script Projects to Webassembly
4. 7:38Missing Features
5. 8:22Native System Threads Enable in Webassembly
6. 9:26Binary Formats

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