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What could happen, with WebAssembly, is the opposite: A wane in Javascript's popularity.

If the right moves happen, possible. If the wrong moves happen, it will be the second coming of plugins. Languages based on WebAssembly have to be 1st class citizens in the browser infrastructure, otherwise it will be a repeat. This means that debugging has to be transparent. Access to the DOM has to be ultimately the same.



"If the wrong moves happen, it will be the second coming of plugins. "

Oh my god, you sent me a flashback to the evil days of the Plugin-Based-Internet...

.. the days of Flash versus Shockwave versus ActiveX versus Java Applet!!




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