WASI support in Go

NewsBot · 13 September 2023 17:00

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<h1 class="small"><a href="/blog/">The Go Blog</a></h1>


<h1>WASI support in Go</h1>
  
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  Johan Brandhorst-Satzkorn, Julien Fabre, Damian Gryski, Evan Phoenix, and Achille Roussel<br>
  13 September 2023
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  <p>Go 1.21 adds a new port targeting the WASI preview 1 syscall API through the
new GOOS value wasip1. This port builds on the existing WebAssembly
port introduced in Go 1.11.

What is WebAssembly?

WebAssembly (Wasm) is a binary instruction format originally designed for the web. It represents a standard that allows developers to run high-performance, low-level code directly in web browsers at near-native speeds.

Go first added support for compiling to Wasm i...

Get the full details here: WASI support in Go - The Go Programming Language