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WebAssembly

Category
JavaScript
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 57)
Intent stage
None

Summary

WebAssembly, or wasm, is an efficient low-level programming language for in-browser client-side execution. It is designed to support C/C++ and similar low-level languages. Future versions may be enhanced to better support other languages. WebAssembly is intended to be small, fast to decode, fast to compile, and fast to execute.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly

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