# From ASM.JS to WebAssembly

DevFeed: [From ASM.JS to WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-asm-js-to-webassembly-37577.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://brendaneich.com/2015/06/from-asm-js-to-webassembly/>)

Author: Brendan Eich

Published: 2015-06-17T09:04:55Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Brendan Eich](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brendan-eich.md>)

Topics: [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>), [compilers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compilers.md>), [ECMAScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ecmascript.md>), [Assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/assembly.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/assembly.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [compilers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compilers.md>), [js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/js.md>), [mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozilla.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces that cross-browser work has begun on WebAssembly, a new binary syntax and intermediate representation for safe Web code. Initially co-expressive with asm.js, WebAssembly is intended to become a common object-level format for multiple source-level programming languages while retaining JavaScript-based polyfilling during the transition.

## Source excerpt

tl;dr I'm burying the lede with context and catch-up material first, so impatient or already-clued-in readers should skip to below the videos for today's big news. Or just read Luke Wagner's blog post right now. My Fluent 2015 "ECMAScript Harmony: Rise of the Compilers" talk given on April 21st: Jeremy Ashkenas picked up this ball ... Continue reading "From ASM.JS to WebAssembly"