On 2020-09-06, Mayayana  wrote:

> "Richard Kettlewell"  wrote
>
>> Secondly the legitimate API surface available to JavaScript keeps on
>> growing. It still can't do everything, but the gap keeps shrinking.
>>
>> Finally as more functionality moves to web applications, the less the
>> distinction matters. For example the fact that JavaScript can't access
>> your local files isn't very relevant if the stuff you care about is in
>> Google Docs.
>
>     Yes. And now there's WebAssembly. It's clear
> that Google and others hope to turn everyone's
> computer into a kiosk interface to access web
> services. To a great extent, cellphones are
> already that.

It's coming full circle, back to the model of the '60s and '70s
where users used terminals to access centralized systems.

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