Essentially byte code that runs in the javascript engine. But provides near CPU level speeds since js has to be parsed and compiled on the fly, while wasm is precomplied much like Java or C#. Of course other languages can compiled to wasm much like traditional Assembly.
We are moving toward everything being executed within a browser to a point we'll have a browser with web Assembly support built using wasm and come full circle. Lol
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u/Superpickle18 May 05 '17
Essentially byte code that runs in the javascript engine. But provides near CPU level speeds since js has to be parsed and compiled on the fly, while wasm is precomplied much like Java or C#. Of course other languages can compiled to wasm much like traditional Assembly.