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The Closure Compiler is the only reason I have Java installed, it's that good. And IMHO, a lot of the bloated JS projects nowadays would really profit from its

The Closure Compiler is the only reason I have Java installed, it's that good. And IMHO, a lot of the bloated JS projects nowadays would really profit from its dead code removal...

JBiserkov 9y ago
In case you haven't heard, you can now use it without Java https://developers.googleblog.com/2016/08/closure-compiler-in-javascript.html https://developers.googleblog.com/2016/08/closure-compiler-i...
- bananicorn 9y ago
  That's actually really amazing - and I didn't know that, thank you!
  - kevmo314 9y ago
    It's extremely slow compared to the Java version though.
    - paulddraper 9y ago
      I think it's about 2x slower.
      - leeoniya 9y ago
        they're the same in name only. but not in perf and not in output. https://github.com/Rich-Harris/butternut/issues/35 https://github.com/Rich-Harris/butternut/issues/35
        bpicolo 9y ago
        I don't see where in that issue it says output changes from java to js? Other than the runtime option