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Previously you said:

> [...] go through the javascript host, which is slow

And now you admit:

> this is going beyond my level of experience [...]

> how much slower, i don't know

I guess people just repeat what they hear without questioning or understanding it, and then it becomes dogma.

> did you mean there are snappy webapplications running in WASM?

No. I meant that all existing web apps go through the "javascript host", using JavaScript. So if any of them are fast enough, and some certainly are, the problem isn't the "javascript host".



you are not answering my question. most existing webapps are not running inside WASM.

i am only talking about webapps running inside WASM. are there any WASM based webapps that are as fast as pure js webapps?


> you are not answering my question

Lol, your question asked me what I meant. I told you what I meant.

> are there any WASM based webapps that are as fast as pure js webapps?

You can browse links from Google for examples and benchmarks. Maybe one of these will scratch your itch, but I won't vouch for any of them:

https://madewithwebassembly.com/

But really, JavaScript and WebAssembly are both very fast. I don't think speed is the reason to choose one or the other.

For me, I like WebAssembly because it lets me program in languages other than JavaScript. JavaScript makes me want to scratch my eyes out.




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