Lately there have been quite a few announcements around WebAssembly, such as the Docker+Wasm Technical Preview. You may have started to wonder whether this technology is something you should care about. In this blog post, we will lightheartedly explore the history of Wasm. I will not make any claim about correctness: I may have made mistakes; in that case, feel free to contact me! I will try to motivate how we came to defining the WebAssembly standard and VM, and how they are all about provid...
