Wasmer
Languages and libraries
webassembly runtime library
SHOW HN2019
44points
20comments
#853of 2,195 in 2019
Top 39%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Wasmer has been a 'less talk more action' project
From 1 comment
WebAssembly is still being designed as we speak, but I love how Wasmer has been the "less talk more action" actor since the beginning. That being said, and while it's cool to be…
jedisct1 on HN
Cross-language reuse of compiled code via WebAssembly is useful
From 3 comments
> "I'd love to hear about some actual use case for this" I use WebAssembly for non security critical but fun in browser Augmented Reality experiences. We have an ever improving…
mbzi on HNYou can use wasm as a lingua franca between languages if you have some good libraries or programs that you want to share.
8lall0 on HNBecause libmysql.wasm runs on any platform whereas libmysql.so has to be replaced with libmysql.dll on windows.
chownie on HN
Objections
Unclear use case versus existing shared libraries and FFI
From 2 comments
WebAssembly is still being designed as we speak, but I love how Wasmer has been the "less talk more action" actor since the beginning. That being said, and while it's cool to be…
jedisct1 on HNLike... a shared library? I have a single libmysql.so file installed on my system, and it's used by Python, Ruby, C and PHP. Why should I replace libmysql.so with libmysql.wasm?
jedisct1 on HN
WebAssembly still being designed and debated versus Java and earlier attempts
From 2 comments
WebAssembly is still being designed as we speak, but I love how Wasmer has been the "less talk more action" actor since the beginning. That being said, and while it's cool to be…
jedisct1 on HNAll previous attempts, starting all way the back to UNCOL in 1958? WASM only exists due to political reasons of Mozilla not embracing PNaCL. If Chrome already had the current…
pjmlp on HN
Name 'Wasmer' confuses with the umbrella project
From 2 comments
This seems a bit confusing since "Wasmer" is also the name of the umbrella project.
skybrian on HNThe more usual solution would be to use a longer name containing "Wasmer". So, "Wasmer Go Library" or "Wasmer for Go" or something like that.
skybrian on HN
Requests
Add a native baseline to the benchmark
From 1 comment
Very cool! Could you add "native" to the benchmark so that we get a better idea of the scale?
kstenerud on HN
Questions
What is the practical use case for calling WebAssembly from Go or PHP?
From 2 comments
WebAssembly is still being designed as we speak, but I love how Wasmer has been the "less talk more action" actor since the beginning. That being said, and while it's cool to be…
jedisct1 on HNSure, but this is off-topic. My question was about why one would want to call WebAssembly functions from Go or PHP.
jedisct1 on HN
Why not just use a shared library?
From 2 comments
Like... a shared library? I have a single libmysql.so file installed on my system, and it's used by Python, Ruby, C and PHP. Why should I replace libmysql.so with libmysql.wasm?
jedisct1 on HNA shared library isn’t really shareable across OSes or platforms. The neat thing about a WASM library is you can load it in your browser, in your native app or in your Python…
solidsnack9000 on HN
Alternatives named
Shared libraries and FFI
From 2 comments
WebAssembly is still being designed as we speak, but I love how Wasmer has been the "less talk more action" actor since the beginning. That being said, and while it's cool to be…
jedisct1 on HNLike... a shared library? I have a single libmysql.so file installed on my system, and it's used by Python, Ruby, C and PHP. Why should I replace libmysql.so with libmysql.wasm?
jedisct1 on HN
Java bytecode
From 2 comments
But that's not a bad thing. To me it appears better than previous attempts, I heavily look forward to it. The HN drama around WASM and cries of the days of Java always leave me…
asdkhadsj on HNAnd if Java managed to get a hold we'd be asking why this is better than Java (which doesn't exist with these features in this manner). That's the point. It's seemingly good, and…
asdkhadsj on HN
ASM.js
From 2 comments
> "I'd love to hear about some actual use case for this" I use WebAssembly for non security critical but fun in browser Augmented Reality experiences. We have an ever improving…
mbzi on HNAnd if Java managed to get a hold we'd be asking why this is better than Java (which doesn't exist with these features in this manner). That's the point. It's seemingly good, and…
asdkhadsj on HN