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Wasn't it more like: most people know JS so everything (server, mobile/desktpp apps, etc) was made with it.

And not like: JS is so shitty, better we make everything with it, even if there are better alternatives.

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It was the latter I am afraid. Then the general hype started and now we have insanity like Electron etc. Don't worry web assembly is here to help JS, not to replace it ;-).

I wouldn't be surprised to see WebAssembly only applications once WebAssembly matures and can "stand on it's own free" honestly. JavaScript for sure will hold dominance for many, many years however.

WebAssembly can not manipulate the DOM though no? Web applications got popular also because creating UIs with HTML and CSS is easy.

It probably will be able to do this in the future.

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