WebAssembly allows you to program web pages in a language other than Javascript.
The above statement might gloss over a lot of very important details: But that mindset also misses the point: The critical use case of WebAssembly, and the problem it attempted to solve, right now, is to creating a webpage in a language other than JavaScript.
Everything else that the article mentions is an impressive feat on its own, but what WebAssembly could do is very different than what it does now. And the fact that now you can program a website in a language other than Javascript (or TypeScript) is a very tangible accomplishment that people who aren't enamored with computer science can appreciate, understand, and repeat.
The above statement might gloss over a lot of very important details: But that mindset also misses the point: The critical use case of WebAssembly, and the problem it attempted to solve, right now, is to creating a webpage in a language other than JavaScript.
Everything else that the article mentions is an impressive feat on its own, but what WebAssembly could do is very different than what it does now. And the fact that now you can program a website in a language other than Javascript (or TypeScript) is a very tangible accomplishment that people who aren't enamored with computer science can appreciate, understand, and repeat.