>> What are the pros and cons of WebAssembly as a compilation target compared to JavaScript?
>
> The pro is that it is much faster, the cons is that it doesn't allow
> to access the dom and do ajax request for the time being.

OK, that explains why it hasn't taken over yet :)

> See https://github.com/scheme-live/ruse-scheme/issues/3

It seems the boundary between WASM and JS is difficult to cross right now.

>> One idea is some kind of search that reacts whenever the user types a
>> character into an input field, and does HTTP requests in the backgrounds
>
> To the point. That is what I was looking for. But I am not sure when I
> will be able to do it.

No problem. Thanks for all the great work you are doing advancing Scheme!