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Discussion on: Will WebAssembly replace JavaScript? Or Will WASM Make JavaScript More Valuable in Future?

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Peter Edwards

The writing will be on the wall for JavaScript as soon as webassembly gets direct access to the DOM. At first it will be slow but then some one will write tools to automate fundamental libraries like Date and time, and localisation to webassembly. Better typed checked languages without the need for transpilers will ensure JavaScript being used mainly for legacy code.