On 06.03.2021 17:45, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > I had a suggestion about all the GNU software on your site - since > WebAssembly is now a reality, maybe you guys should get to making > the browser versions of AAAAAAAALL your software? :) > > WebAssembly, and Javascript are two things that create a grave danger > towards user freedom. Specifically, Webassembly is an even more > obfuscated form of Javascript, putting users rights at risk as to how > they can run, study, redistribute, and modify the programs that they > run on their computers. You can read more about it here: > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
Shouldn't Wasm be seen as a compilation target, that can be implemented by GCC? So for instance GNU coreutils, bash, etc. could be compiled to run in a browser tab. Needs a "little bit" more underlying machinery of course, like a filesystem, syscalls and so on. :-) - Taylan
