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I don't get it. Why not just write the GC in WebAssembly?

• skybrian 10y ago
  Then you have to download it as part of the web page. It's hard to beat shipping the runtime with the browser.
  • Ericson2314 10y ago
    Also for code composition it's great if everyone is using the same VM primitives
  • Ajedi32 10y ago
    I wonder if this could be solved with a better caching system for dependencies shared between multiple sites. Maybe some kind of content-addressable cache? If your users only have to download the language runtime once, the idea of using a runtime for a popular language on your site doesn't seem like such a bad idea. Popular runtimes could even be pre-cached and shipped with the browser.