WebAssembly has grown from a low-level compilation target for C and C++ into one of the most

influential technologies in modern computing. It now powers browser applications, edge-compute

platforms, embedded systems, and a growing ecosystem of languages targeting a portable and secure

execution model. Andreas Rosberg is a programming languages researcher and former member of the V8 team at Google.

Andreas helped architect WebAssembly from its earliest concepts through its most recent milestone

releases, including the groundbreaking 3.0 spec that introduces garbage collection,

richer reference types, and major steps towards multilanguage interoperability.

In this episode, Andreas joins Kevin Ball to explore the history of WebAssembly,

the constraints that shaped its earliest design,

the major turning points in versions 1, 2, and 3, and what's coming

next for WebAssembly.

Kevin Ball, or K. Ball, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent

coach for engineers and engineering leaders.

He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript Meetup, and organizes

the AI inaction discussion group through latent space. Check out the show notes to follow KBall

on Twitter or LinkedIn or visit his website, k to the show.

Thank you.

Thanks for having me.

Yeah, I'm excited to have this conversation.

Let's start a little bit with you.

Can you give us a bit of your background and how you got involved with WebAssembly and what

took you to where we are today having this conversation?

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