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The amount (and evolution) of acronyms in the WASM space is kinda overwhelming so I might be out to lunch…

At the top of the article it says “…compiling them to WASI”, but is that a semantically/technically correct statement? My understanding would be more that it should say something like “compiling them to WASI-compliant WASM” or something. Or can you actually “compile to WASI”

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WASI is just WASM outside the browser, it kind of implies what you're saying. It's still WASM, just adhering to a specific interface.

Like when you say "HTTP API" you don't necessarily need to change it to "TCP HTTP API" as it's somewhat implied (although maybe a shitty example, as HTTP is starting to appear over more things than just TCP as of late)

WASI is also WASM inside the browser :), since there's a js/wasm conformance of the interface: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wasmer/wasi

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