Chapter 9. Threading: Web workers and pthreads
This chapter covers
- Using a web worker to fetch and compile a WebAssembly module
- Instantiating a WebAssembly module on behalf of Emscripten’s JavaScript code
- Creating a WebAssembly module that uses pthreads
In this chapter, you’re going to learn about different options for using threads in a browser with relation to WebAssembly modules.
Definition
A thread is a path of execution within a process, and a process can have multiple threads. A pthread, also known as a POSIX thread, is an API defined by the POSIX.1c standard for an execution module that’s independent of programming language (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX_Threads).
By default, a web page’s UI and JavaScript ...
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