Fast future with WebAssembly

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WebAssembly compiles other languages to a fast browser binary so you get compile C++ and Rust to WebAssembly, smaller downloads and streaming compilation. Tooling named includes LLVM, Emscripten and AssemblyScript. Real-world rollouts: libjpeg and opus compiled to WebAssembly power image and audio pipelines, Skia and Figma use C++-to-wasm rendering, AutoCAD is ported and runs in browsers, and a Rust rewrite yields 11 times faster performance for a tooling component.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:04What about C, C++ or Rust?
3. 2:37VIDEO GAMES
4. 3:45Javascript wasn't designed to be fast.
5. 8:47Reliable performance.
6. 9:32PORTABILITY
7. 11:41FLEXIBILITY
8. 12:37WebAssembly is not a replacement for JavaScript.
9. 16:54Use WebAssembly to offload big chunks of work.
10. 17:08Are people using it?
11. 20:58Benefits for Javascript?
12. 22:47WebAssembly beyond the browser.
13. 23:15What lies ahead
14. 24:29WebAssembly is not the end of JavaScript, it's a new beginning for the

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