Hi Nathan, This is probably best brought up on swift-dev (CC'd), since this is (initially) mostly a compiler problem and not related to the build tools (the package manager).
- Daniel > On Jun 25, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Nathan Gray via swift-build-dev > <swift-build-...@swift.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > Is anybody else out there excited by the idea of cross-compiling Swift to > WebAssembly? My impression is that almost all of the pieces are in place and > that the remaining challenges are likely build related. For example, the > Clang that ships with Xcode 9 includes support for wasm32 as a compilation > target. Has anybody thought about this or pursued it? > > If you're unfamiliar with WebAssembly take a look at http://webassembly.org > <http://webassembly.org/>. In essence, they're defining a VM that runs in > the browser, and all the major browsers are supporting it. We're talking > about being able to code for the web without Javascript. Imagine being able > to write Swift libraries that could be compiled for iOS, Android, Linux, > *and* the web! It's currently possible with C and C++, and Swift is a > promising candidate. > > As I understand it, the first obstacle is getting a version of the Swift > standard library that's compiled to llvm bitcode using the "wasm32" target. > Does that sound achievable? > > Thanks, > -Nathan > > -- > Functional Programmer, iOS Developer, Surfs Poorly > http://twitter.com/n8gray > <http://twitter.com/n8gray>_______________________________________________ > swift-build-dev mailing list > swift-build-...@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-build-dev
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