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1. factorial in S-expressions: https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/blob/master/ml-proto/tes...
2. ray tracing in a C style: https://github.com/ncbray/wassembler/blob/master/demos/raytr...
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WebAssembly specification, reference interpreter, and test suite.
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What it is
WebAssembly specification, reference interpreter, and test suite.
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They often forget to mention, that WebAssembly is just a low-level programming language (much lower than C), it has extremely simple syntax (it has just four data types, no…
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Observed mentions: 2015-09-03 02:59:47 UTC to 2026-05-25 19:07:52 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
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spec
This repository holds the sources for the WebAssembly specification,
a reference implementation, and the official test suite.
A formatted version of the spec is available here:
webassembly.github.io/spec,
Participation is welcome. Discussions about new features, significant semantic
changes, or any specification change likely to generate substantial discussion
should take place in
the WebAssembly design repository
first, so that this spec repository can remain focused. And please follow the
guidelines for contributing.
citing
For citing WebAssembly in LaTeX, use this bibtex file.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
2 sourcesThe ml prototype in the draft specification repository (https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/tree/master/ml-proto) is the closest thing at present. ilwasm targets that presently.
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