Eng Blog Author: Angelo Rendina

WebAssembly vs JavaScript: the LZ77 algorithm

WebAssembly (Wasm, in short) is an assembly-like instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. It is designed to be encoded in an efficient binary format that can be executed at near-native speed on any platform that can host the virtual machine. In particular, this is supported on all modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari).