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Re: Web versions
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Taylan Kammer |
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Re: Web versions |
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Sat, 6 Mar 2021 18:06:19 +0100 |
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On 06.03.2021 17:45, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> I had a suggestion about all the GNU software on your site - since
> WebAssembly is now a reality, maybe you guys should get to making
> the browser versions of AAAAAAAALL your software? :)
>
> WebAssembly, and Javascript are two things that create a grave danger
> towards user freedom. Specifically, Webassembly is an even more
> obfuscated form of Javascript, putting users rights at risk as to how
> they can run, study, redistribute, and modify the programs that they
> run on their computers. You can read more about it here:
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
Shouldn't Wasm be seen as a compilation target, that can be implemented
by GCC? So for instance GNU coreutils, bash, etc. could be compiled to
run in a browser tab. Needs a "little bit" more underlying machinery of
course, like a filesystem, syscalls and so on. :-)
- Taylan
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