Why WebAssembly on Embedded Systems (opens in new tab)

There is always a cost of porting software to a new platform. The same is true for WebAssembly. A key benefit of WebAssembly is that it provides software isolation and sandboxing at a reduced cost when compared to virtual machines or containers. It also has the ability of providing a common compilation target. These are things that the embedded world has never had before. This explains why WebAssembly, despite originating in the Web provides particular advantages to embedded software developers.