Is the idea behind WASI that it's basically like t...
# webassemblye
eygraber
07/17/2023, 4:19 PMIs the idea behind WASI that it's basically like the JVM, but can be targeted more easily by any language (in theory), can share code with the web, and has potentially better sandboxing?
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Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]
07/17/2023, 4:29 PMYes. But sharing WASI code with the Web part is also in a “potential” state. Web doesn’t have concrete plans to implement WASI at the moment.
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ephemient
07/17/2023, 5:06 PMrelative to other technologies like JVM or Linux containers, WASI is a "narrow waist" (i.e. https://www.swyx.io/narrow-waists)
ephemient
07/17/2023, 5:10 PMWASI is built on WASM of course, but the part that is added is the system interface. that has been attempted before (see CloudABI), but by hooking it up to WASM it gets more portability and sandboxing "for free"
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