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▲ wiseowise 2 years ago

> As time goes on WebAssembly will keep displacing JavaScript. We've entered the era of Zombie JavaScript.

Just like Java has been dead for 20 years, now it is JS turn.

Delusional.

▲peutetre 2 years ago | parent [-]

Well, JavaScript displaced by Java as it goes: https://web.dev/case-studies/google-sheets-wasmgc

That's the thing about WebAssembly. It supports any language that compiles to it.

Like an old, worn-out horse, JavaScript will be taken to the knackery and reduced to glue. And then not even the glue will be needed anymore.