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> Rust can even run on the browser, by compiling to WebAssembly .

Forgive my ignorance (I haven't done front end web dev in almost a decade), but what is the use case for WebAssembly? What does it enable websites to do that (1) needs to be done within browsers and (2) can't be done with JS?

Also, are there any prominent websites that use WebAssembly? It's shipped with all browsers, but what percentage of users ever make use of it?

parent notRobot 6 years ago

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