Standalone Wasm build

[patrickdet]

The current wasm build it targeting browser use cases. The build artefacts are JS loader files and a swipl-web.wasm and a swipl-web.data file.

My use case is to run on the server in Wasmer. I have tried to work with the current https://github.com/SWI-Prolog/npm-swipl-wasm files but it requires manual decompressing and decoding of the data file, extracting offsets from a JS loader file, mounting those files as a virtual filesystem with Wasi.

Is there an interest in a standalone Wasm build that can be used with server Wasm runtimes?

[JanWielemaker]

Thanks for the comments. If you know how to improve the package, please file PRs. The browser probably remains the first interest as there is no alternative for running Prolog. Server side you can choose between WASM and native, where native is far superior (~10 times faster, threads, true 64 bits, ...). But still, there are use-cases for server side use.