Hacker News Reader

What's the point? Why not write your server directly in say Python or Java then?

I thought WASM is meant to get around the restriction that the browser only understands JS right now.

> why not use X

Because X doesn't run in a browser

Do you need to run your server in a browser?

No, but it's very nice to be able to share code for things like view rendering or form validation between the server and client without jumping through hoops.

So you use language X. Compile it and run it natively on server, compile it to wasm and run that in the browser.

Why should i use language X that i don't like, instead of nice dynamic language, without compilation step that i like, and which only misses this tiny feature?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com