ISTM that this requires being able to distribute the runtime of the language separately from the "user code" and link them together again successfully. Once you have that - it seems a problem far better solved by decent caching. That is, as a Go-user, I'd put a "load Go runtime from https://golang.org/wasm/<hash_of_version>" or something in my page. That resource is then infinitely cacheable, thus must only be downloaded approximately once (just as if it's bundled). What you get is, that as a developer, you don't need to wait until your favorite version of the runtime of your favorite language is available in all common browsers.
I'd see "the runtime is bundled with a browser" as replicating exactly the main problem with javascript - that you can't use all its features, because you constantly have to worry about whether or not it's supported in the browser. It seems to subvert what I'd perceive as the main goal of wasm: Decouple the browser engine from the code the developer wants to run in it. On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 9:16 AM Russtopia <rma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Crazy idea, but: > > Now that wasm is 'official', why not push browser vendors to put the Go > runtime/stdlib, built for wasm, right into the browser so it doesn't need > to be downloaded with every single *.wasm project? > > Of course, to be fair, not just Go -- why not also python-wasm-runtime, > c-wasm-runtime, rust-std-runtime, ... > > This would require some sort of 'runtime plugin' standard with versioning, > feature-query and supply-chain security/update mechanisms, of course, but > wouldn't it be nice? > > I've been playing with gopherjs and go-wasm, and the big downside to both > is that the baseline *.js file is 1.5-2MB or more, due to bundling a > complete language runtime that must download with every app. > > With official 'blessed' wasm runtimes for major languages we could finally > break the deadlock on JS in the browser. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAN4yCu_nHObFToYaM-7CwuiK42EWGinVZNGZt0Ow4x73DXu52Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAN4yCu_nHObFToYaM-7CwuiK42EWGinVZNGZt0Ow4x73DXu52Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfGF%2BYbMWk0hAzU2GTFLXLbsJ4pvurejVVNrZF43Yh0kZA%40mail.gmail.com.
