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Asciidoctor vs WebAssembly: What are the differences?
Asciidoctor: An open source, pure Ruby processor for converting AsciiDoc documents or strings into HTML and other formats. It is a fast, open source text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML5, DocBook, PDF, and other formats. Asciidoctor is written in Ruby and runs on all major operating systems ; WebAssembly: A binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. It is an open standard that defines a portable binary code format for executable programs, and a corresponding textual assembly language, as well as interfaces for facilitating interactions between such programs and their host environment.
Asciidoctor can be classified as a tool in the "Text Processors" category, while WebAssembly is grouped under "Languages".
Some of the features offered by Asciidoctor are:
- Lightweight markup language for authoring notes
- Articles
- Documentation
On the other hand, WebAssembly provides the following key features:
- Efficient and fast
- Safe
- Open and debuggable
WebAssembly is an open source tool with 3.49K GitHub stars and 347 GitHub forks. Here's a link to WebAssembly's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, WebAssembly has a broader approval, being mentioned in 11 company stacks & 4 developers stacks; compared to Asciidoctor, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Pros of Asciidoctor
- GitHub integration1
- Versatile1
- Easy fornatting0
Pros of WebAssembly
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Cons of Asciidoctor
Cons of WebAssembly
- Security issues2