Introduction to WebAssembly

1 · Rasmus · Jan. 16, 2017, midnight
WebAssembly, or WASM for short, is a new technology for running portable programs in a safe and efficient manner primarily aimed at the web platform. Similarly to ASM.js, WASM aims at a low level-of abstraction suitable as an intermediate representation of a higher-level program — i.e. WebAssembly code is intended to be generated by compilers rather than being written by humans. The W3C community group includes representatives from the largest web-browser companies, including Google, Microsoft, ...