With WASM we get access to load instructions directly to RAM, but safely. I really wish the Web would allow us to do the same for block devices and sockets.
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Would that even be possible without violating all the laws of sandboxing? Who would one ask about this? Would
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If WebAssembly was possible, then I'm sure the same can be done for networking & disk access. Probably the hardest part will be agreeing that it's a challenge that needs a solution.
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I don't think it's quite the same. We've been able to write to memory for ages on the web, eg assigning a string to a variable. Not sure how you'd expose UDP without breaking security.
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If they're still a thing, webrtc data channels were supposed to solve the low-level connection control: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/datachannels/ … Not quite raw sockets but could handle a lot of cases.
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I'd like webGL-in-webasm (not the via JS crap) and a low level block audio output, block based disk access should be possible. Network not sure.
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