They can. They just choose not to.

We’re replacing protocols with Rust now?

Dude, stop looking at your phone!

This is it.

WebAssembly AFAICT is all about making existing code runnable in a JavaScript environment. JavaScript isn’t great itself, but Chrome provides pretty amazing tooling, so it’s good enough.

Add to that: if you want to write WASM in a strongly typed language, you need support libraries that define all of the browser primitives. If you’re an accomplished web developer, it’s more effective to stay in js.

no

If there’s a financial upside, they’ll find it.

like what does encrypting a signal prove? and why does it have to be a one time pad?

wut

yeah, no.

Sound the fucking alarms. Scream from the rooftops. It’s going to keep getting worse until we stop it.