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The web has become a compilation target.

Vue -> HTML, CSS, JS

Essentially yes. But I think the problem comes from the fact that it is at the same time a compilation target, and a pretty okay document markup format.

I think people living at the edges of web apps and web pages are pretty happy, but the contention is when one is in between.

That's more literally the case with web assembly. With Vue, I guess I still see it as a form of transpilation.

WebAssembly does not replace CSS or HTML unless you render everything to a `<canvas>` which would loose most of the benefits of the web.

I understand that. But wasm sure does fit the description of "compilation target for the web".

For logic, yes, but not for visuals, interactions, or anything that needs to interact with anything besides itself.

So it might be "compilation target for JS engines", but it sure as hell isn't "compilation target for the web". The web is so much more than just running logic in a browser.

That might come in the future, but it sure isn't the present.

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