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		jackpeterfletch on July 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WebAssembly is more than the web WASM runs directly on V8, which runs natively. Bytecode runs directly on the JVM which runs natively. I'm not seeing how eithers closer to the metal.

emteycz on July 14, 2018 [–]

JVM yes, but when Java web apps were popular, there was a communication layer between the JVM application and the JVM support plugin, and then between the plugin and the browser.

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