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Can TS be compiled directly to WASM? I don't think WASM and JS are 1:1 compatible, but I'm out of my depth here.
by FlyingSnake 6y ago
Can TS be compiled directly to WASM? I don't think WASM and JS are 1:1 compatible, but I'm out of my depth here.
- Schampu 6y agoAssemblyScript initially targeted TS->WASM compilation, by only supporting a strict subset of the TS language. But at some point they dropped that idea and defined their own TS-like language. I don't know the reason for this, but my guess is that TS is too dynamic to just directly compile it to WASM?
- pjmlp 6y agoMicrosoft has done exactly the same on their MakeCode IoT compiler, using TypeScript and Python. "MakeCode Languages: Blocks, Static TypeScript and Static Python" https://makecode.com/language https://makecode.com/language It is very hard to generate good AOT code when dealing with dynamic languages, of any kind.
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