Re: Any thoughts about compiler package manager for web assembly?

Right. I was hoping to find the right spot in github issue, but not quite
sure which repo it should go into.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Samuel Reid <samuelwreid@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I for one do not mind receiving ideas like this via the mailing list.
> However, I would agree that the majority of the discussion following the
> initial idea should take place on GitHub. Perhaps open an issue first, and
> then send the same info in an email that includes a link back to the
> conversation on GitHub.
>
> Cheers,
> -Sam Reid
>
> > On Aug 14, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Luke Briggs <luke@kulestar.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey there,
> >
> > Please keep this kind of suggestion over on Github rather than this
> (very large!) mailing list.
> >
> > As a quick thought though, I don't think this would work because of
> security; people won't want code from 3rd parties being uncontrollably
> included in their site. So something like:
> >
> > <script src='https://python.org/webRuntime.wasm'></script>
> >
> > <script type='text/python'>
> > ...python here..
> > </script>
> >
> > Only involves one extra line and works without any centralized
> involvement which is overall better for openness anyway imo.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Luke Briggs
> >
> >> On 2016-08-14 14:21, mofo syne wrote:
> >> What does this mean in practice for the average user if this idea is
> >> implemented? It may mean that on the top of any html page, you should
> >> declare what language dependencies your html uses (does it use C,
> >> python, ruby, javascript, or dart etc...). This would prompt the
> >> browser to check a package manager for the latest compiler/interpreter
> >> that can understand these language.
> >> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 10:32 PM, mofo syne <mofosyne@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> I am sure this has been thought of, but I haven't found this idea in
> >>> google searches.
> >>> What would be interesting, is if the web assembly
> >>> infrastructure/standard provide some mechanism for automatically
> >>> dealing with compilers/interpreters besides javascript.
> >>> So much like having a package manager automatically download
> >>> dependencies in linux. What may be useful is if there is a online
> >>> repository of wasm binaries of interpreters and compilers for all
> >>> the major languages in the web.
> >>> What this would allow, is for users to insert source code into their
> >>> website besides javascript, take for instance those who want to give
> >>> dart programming language a shot. The major issues hampering
> >>> experimentation with languages besides javascript is the lack of
> >>> support of browsers for other languages.
> >>> WASM helps solve the javascript hold over client side scripting, but
> >>> at a potential cost to openness of the code. Hosting a common
> >>> popular compiler infrastructure manager would encourage users to
> >>> insert normal source code into their website besides javascript.
> >>> Well that's my 5cents to the discussion. I'm sure this is not the
> >>> only way to approach the aspect of making wasm more open to others
> >>> that chose to be open.
> >>> Cheers,
> >
> >
>