INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mozilla along with its partners Intel, Red Hat and Fastly have announced the launch of a new open-source group called the Bytecode Alliance
which will focus on creating secure new software foundations while building on standards such as WebAssembly and WebAssembly System
Interface (WASI).WebAssembly is an open standard that allows browsers to execute compiled programs directly
This means that developers can write an application in C, C++ and Rust and have it run at native speed within a browser as opposed to using
JavaScript, which typically takes longer to execute.All major browser engines currently support WebAssembly and some companies have even
begun to use it in production
However, the barrier to entry still remains high for most developers.According to its new website, the mission of the Bytecode Alliance is
untrusted code components to interact with trusted code inside of a sandboxed environment, the open standard has a wide variety of potential
use cases outside of the browser and this is why Mozilla and its partners formed the ByteCode Alliance.The founding members are also
contributing code to the new alliance including the Wasmtime, Lucet and WebAssembly Micro Runtime (WAMR) as well as the runtime components
Cranelift and Wasi common.Distinguished engineer at Mozilla and co-creator of WebAssembly, Luke Wagner explained the decision to expand
in the software ecosystem as it continues to expand beyond browsers
secure-by-default foundations for native development that are portable and scalable
But we need to take deliberate, cross-industry action to ensure this happens in the right way
