[NCLUG] Some developments in Rust.

[Brian Sturgill]

Here is a repository that is nothing but WASM links:
https://github.com/mbasso/awesome-wasm?utm_source=thenewstack&utm_medium=website

It is similar to the Rustlang one:
https://github.com/brson/rust-anthology/blob/master/master-list.md

Brian

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 3:17 PM Robby Stokoe <robbystk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Brian