30 min
What WebAssembly can learn from JAVA’s history - Ep5 -WebAssembly Unleashed DevCentral
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In this special episode two of our hosts were able to sit down with F5’s Gilad Bracha to discuss what WebAssembly can learn based on Bracha’s experience with JAVA. Listen in to find out whether or not Wasm can deliver on “write once, run anywhere”, what shadows may be on the horizon, what JAVA did right that Wasm can learn from, and so much more!
Chapters:
2:20 – Early days of JAVA Specification
4:46 – Class loaders and JAVA verifier
5:20 – Compiler Engines
7:12 – Promise of “Write once, run anywhere”
9:55 – JAVA’s great opportunity
11:44 – Battle for runtime
13:55 – Wasm 1.0 and Wasm approach
14:55 – JAVA approach
16:38 – Multiple runtimes
18:25 – Shadows on the horizon
20:17 – Complaints from Wasm implementors
24:46 – Wasm GC proposal
27:06 – What did JAVA do right that Wasm can learn from?
For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites:
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports
Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/
In this special episode two of our hosts were able to sit down with F5’s Gilad Bracha to discuss what WebAssembly can learn based on Bracha’s experience with JAVA. Listen in to find out whether or not Wasm can deliver on “write once, run anywhere”, what shadows may be on the horizon, what JAVA did right that Wasm can learn from, and so much more!
Chapters:
2:20 – Early days of JAVA Specification
4:46 – Class loaders and JAVA verifier
5:20 – Compiler Engines
7:12 – Promise of “Write once, run anywhere”
9:55 – JAVA’s great opportunity
11:44 – Battle for runtime
13:55 – Wasm 1.0 and Wasm approach
14:55 – JAVA approach
16:38 – Multiple runtimes
18:25 – Shadows on the horizon
20:17 – Complaints from Wasm implementors
24:46 – Wasm GC proposal
27:06 – What did JAVA do right that Wasm can learn from?
For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites:
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports
Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/
30 min