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waPC question #168

Closed lperkov closed 1 year ago

lperkov commented 1 year ago

Is there any correlation between the upcoming component-model specification and the waPC (https://wapc.io/) project?

Would the upcoming component model specification be suitable to address the waPC use-cases as well?

Thanks!

autodidaddict commented 1 year ago

waPC isn't really a thing anymore to my knowledge. wasmCloud (https://wasmCloud.com) is planning on embracing the component model as it becomes more of a stable thing that we can build on and utilize.

lperkov commented 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing and quick reply! That was my thinking as well but it was not as clear from the documentation.

Then just for my clarification and we can close the issue then - WASM Component Model will also provide the way for the WASM apps (guests) to call with the WASM host functions and vice versa at runtime?

autodidaddict commented 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing and quick reply! That was my thinking as well but it was not as clear from the documentation.

Then just for my clarification and we can close the issue then - WASM Component Model will also provide the way for the WASM apps (guests) to call with the WASM host functions and vice versa at runtime?

Yep! Today wasm provides a super basic means for guest and host interop, basically via numbers only. One promise of the component model is that we'll be able to model these interactions with wit and "worlds", and code generators will make it easier to cross the host/guest boundary via components than it is today for rich types.

lperkov commented 1 year ago

Thank you!