WebAssembly
About WebAssembly
A binary instruction format executed at near native speed in a secure sandbox, standardized by the W3C in December 2019. It lets languages like C, C++ and Rust run on the web, and now powers applications from Figma and AutoCAD to serverless edge runtimes.
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