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		SiVal on Sept 20, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable Re... Is that correct? WASM has no DOM access? (I'm asking, not advocating anything.) How does code that runs in a browser do UI I/O without DOM access? Is the intent that you go on writing all of your I/O and DOM-manipulating code with JavaScript and call WASM-implemented helper functions from JS code?

markdog12 on Sept 20, 2016 | [–]

No DOM access for the MVP. They do plan on eventually supporting it though: https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/FutureFeat...

themihai on Sept 20, 2016 | | [–]

I think we can hack a reverse js proxy before it gets native DOM access.

smitherfield on Sept 20, 2016 | [–]

Inside a <canvas>/<object>/<embed> tag.

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