Ruby Adds WebAssembly Support: what does it mean?

Ruby has joined the ranks of languages capable of targeting WebAssembly with its latest 3.2 release. This seemingly minor update might be the biggest thing that has happened to the language since Rails, as it lets Ruby developers go beyond the backend. By porting their code to WebAssembly, they can run it anywhere: on the frontend, on embedded devices, as serverless functions, in place of containers, or on the edge. WebAssembly has the potential to make Ruby a universal language.