[NCLUG] Some developments in Rust.

[Robby Stokoe]

I recommend Gary Bernhardt's talk "The Birth and Death of Javascript"
[1], which is a nice (tongue-in-cheek, caricatured) presentation of
the advantages of wasm.

[1]: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript


On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 6:52 PM Bob Proulx <bob at proulx.com> wrote:
>
> Brian Sturgill wrote:
> > I can understand your confusion.
> > Think of it as a much faster Node.js.
>
> Do I have to think of node.js?  I really don't want to.
>
> > Just as in the browser, you can be running more than one "process" at a
> > time in the Node-like environments.
> > They are working on making this a dynamic system controlled like one does
> > with containers.
> > This is much more lightweight than full containers, but still gives you a
> > lot of the safety.
> > It should be easy to see how these "apps" can be downloaded and managed
> > easily for edge computing.
>
> Okay.  It is like node.js in that it is an out of browser standalone
> use of WebAssembly.  But it is better than node.js because it does not
> use Javascript.  Gotcha!
>
> > Another way of looking at this is that it makes a container-like solution
> > practical on RaspberryPi Zero class machines.
> > This is important for the consumer-level edge computing systems that will
> > become ubiquitous in the next few years.
>
> Depending upon what one is doing on an RPi it can work just fine.  I
> prefer the Banana Pi due to the better performance.  But after the
> last five years the Raspberries are catching up.
>
> > There is this, but it's a bit skimpy on details.
> > https://webassembly.org/docs/non-web/
>
> Looks like things are still fairly early but that does indicate the
> direction of development.
>
> Thanks for the information!  That makes things much more clear.
>
> > I will likely be looking closely at this after I get caught up from being
> > sick with COVID-19, then Shingles for the last nearly 3 months.
> > So sometime in 2024? :-)
>
> Next time we meet both of us need to wear a hazmat suit, just in case
> either one has a leak!  :-)
>
> Sounds absolutely miserable.  I've known several people with shingles
> and it seems truly dreadful!  Hang in there!
>
> No
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