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Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web. @ryan argues JS-only loading, Web API glue code, and leaky abstractions keep WebAssembly niche and says the WebAssembly Component Model and WIT could enable <script> loading, direct Web API bindings, and faster DOM updates. #webassembly #firefox

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/

Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web

This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C++, and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.

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