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		BinaryIgor 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python on the Edge: Fast, sandboxed, and powered b... Interesting - do they compile Python to WebAssembly or just have a Python interpreter compiled to WebAssembly and running as usual?

syrusakbary 44 days ago [–]

This time we compiled the Python interpreter to WebAssembly.

If you are curious on compiling Python to WebAssembly please check py2wasm: https://wasmer.io/posts/py2wasm-a-python-to-wasm-compiler

BinaryIgor 44 days ago | [–]

Interesting; I wonder what the limitations of WebAssembly are in this context, as compared to the machine code

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