Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Without support for proper threads, web assembly programming feels the same as programming a Z80 or 6502 back in the 80s.

And no, webworkers don't cut it, because they don't support structural sharing of immutable data structures in an efficient and flexible way.




Tedious to read out-of-date objections. Please do a bit of research and find out the latest. JS is getting shared memory thread support:

https://blog.mozilla.org/javascript/2015/02/26/the-path-to-p...

This means the MVP wasm likely includes threads (same timeframe, later this year), and post-MVP wasm can go for full-strength pthreads.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: