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		wiseowise 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why am I writing a JavaScript toolchain in Zig? > As time goes on WebAssembly will keep displacing JavaScript. We've entered the era of Zombie JavaScript. Just like Java has been dead for 20 years, now it is JS turn. Delusional.

peutetre 12 months ago [–]

Well, JavaScript displaced by Java as it goes: https://web.dev/case-studies/google-sheets-wasmgc

That's the thing about WebAssembly. It supports any language that compiles to it.

Like an old, worn-out horse, JavaScript will be taken to the knackery and reduced to glue. And then not even the glue will be needed anymore.

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