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ubercow13
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Universal Binaries Using WASM
Kind of like Java
thefounder
on Feb 26, 2019
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Java is slow(to start) and memory hungry. That's why it failed so badly. Compare that with JavaScript/Electron.
krapp
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>Compare that with JavaScript/Electron.
Electron is heavier and even more memory hungry.
stavros
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I don't know what the GP was thinking. Hopefully exactly that.
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Build once, eat memory anywhere.
protomyth
on Feb 26, 2019
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Please explain how Java “failed so badly”?
thefounder
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It failed so badly "on the web/in browser".
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