I'm no expert but the JVM is very modular these days and just the minimal modules also give you an order or two smaller runtimes. My guess is a set of minimal OpenJDK modules will be on the same order as a WASM VM. Would be curious to hear from someone more in the know
Looking a the JRE size is a bit misleading bc it's been sort of deprecated. You're not really supposed to make Uberjars to run on a JRE anymore but are expected to bundle with the JVM modules you need. It can make very small bundles..
But naturally an Uberjars would be smaller. I think small executables are possible but are also just a nongoal now in the JVM world. Meanwhile they're obviously still very relevant in the webspace and hence WASM
you're not really gunna send JVM bundles dynamically over the wire.
I do sort of agree with the parent that while the goals are slightly different it feels like WASM reinvented the JVM without really bringing any huge improvement (while you loose several decades of libraries)
Looking a the JRE size is a bit misleading bc it's been sort of deprecated. You're not really supposed to make Uberjars to run on a JRE anymore but are expected to bundle with the JVM modules you need. It can make very small bundles..
But naturally an Uberjars would be smaller. I think small executables are possible but are also just a nongoal now in the JVM world. Meanwhile they're obviously still very relevant in the webspace and hence WASM
you're not really gunna send JVM bundles dynamically over the wire.
I do sort of agree with the parent that while the goals are slightly different it feels like WASM reinvented the JVM without really bringing any huge improvement (while you loose several decades of libraries)