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		Locke1689 on Sept 14, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript is Not Web Assembly This is a stupid debate over language. What people mean when they say Javascript is web assembly is that Javascript is a compilation target, which is completely true.

jibbit on Sept 14, 2011 [–]

Absolutely. I never heard anyone actually say “blah is to JS as C is to Assembly” nor did i take them to mean that when they said "Javascript is web assembly"

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