D could catch this wave: web assembly

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 22 June 2015 at 21:50:22 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Interesting. I'll have to look into that more. (Such as, will 
> it run on Android phones or does it need separate hardware?)

Well, the commercially-released phones (two so far from BQ 
Readers, and one to be put on sale in the EU either today or 
tomorrow by Meizu) all come with Ubuntu pre-installed, but from 
what I understand it should be possible to port to run on any 
device which Android can run on:
https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/porting-new-device/

Embedded OS architecture isn't really my comfort zone, but as far 
as I can see, they use an Android-derived hardware compatibility 
layer where any proprietary components (drivers etc.) are 
isolated from the rest of the OS.  The idea is that the Ubuntu 
OS, the applications, and the hardware support can all be updated 
independently of one another, i.e. a manufacturer can't lock you 
in to a particular OS version through the need for particular 
proprietary hardware drivers.