Rust: The wasm32-wasip2 Target Has Reached Tier 2 Support

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A new Rust blog post/announcement has been posted!

Introduction

In April of this year we posted an update about Rust's WASI targets to the main Rust blog. In it we covered the rename of the wasm32-wasi target to wasm32-wasip1, and the introduction of the new wasm32-wasip2 target as a "tier 3" target. This meant that while the target was available as part of rust-lang/rustc, it was not guaranteed to build. We're pleased to announce that this has changed in Rust 1.82.

For those unfamiliar with WebAssembly (Wasm) components and WASI 0.2, here is a quick, simplified primer:

• Wasm is a (virtual) instruction format for programs to be compiled into (think: x86).
• Wasm Components are a container format and type system that wrap Core Wasm instru...

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