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The headline is a bit missleading, as the main article is about AssemblyScript, a typescript subset compiling to WebAssembler. So it seems, quite some of the me
by hutzlibu 6y ago
The headline is a bit missleading, as the main article is about AssemblyScript, a typescript subset compiling to WebAssembler. So it seems, quite some of the mentioned problems come from the immaturity (or design problems?) of AssemblyScript and not necessarily from wasm.
- dassurma 6y agoAuthor here. Using ASC was intentional, _because_ it is somewhat immature, and still manages to outperform JavaScript in the first two cases. In the third case, where I couldn’t get ASC to outperform JavaScript, I tried Rust and C++ as well.
- CyberDildonics 6y agoThat seems to mean every bit of your title is nonsense. You aren't benchmarking webasm at its best and 'magic pixie dust' is already nonsense on its own.