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A Talk Near the Future of Python (a.k.a., Dave live-codes a WebAssembly Interpreter)

David Beazley · 25.8K views · 2019-10-15 · 1:01:45

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Overview

David Beazley's PyCon India closing keynote, in which he live-codes a stack machine and grows it into an interpreter that runs WebAssembly, then uses it to play a Rust-written game. It requires no prior WebAssembly knowledge.

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Regarded as a brilliant live-coding talk that teaches WASM and interpreter writing, with several calling it among the best conference talks they have seen.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2019–2025

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milliams · 2021-07 · Strong recommendation

I found this video [VIDEO] "A Talk Near the Future of Python (a.k.a., Dave live-codes a WebAssembly Interpreter)" to be a brilliant introduction to WASM as well as writing interpreters in general. I'm a relative novice in the subject and it was pitched right at my level.

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VBprogrammer · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

Ok, it wasnt technically this year but I have to share this one just incase anyone missed it, because it's quite possible the best conference talk I've ever seen. [VIDEO]

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kiriliponi · 2019-10 · Strong recommendation

I recommand David Beazley's talk from a recent PyCon India on a similar subject : [VIDEO] Mostly live coded, it really is pretty amazing but also quite insightful.

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