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> You can load code written in different languages into different address spaces, you know. That's basically what separate processes are, so what's your point?
by adwn 5y ago
> You can load code written in different languages into different address spaces, you know.
That's basically what separate processes are, so what's your point?
> Calling into a native library is tough in JS because there's no standardized FFI
No need for using anything standardized: VS Code brings its own custom browser engine – for better or for worse – so it's not limited to what any Web standards allow or forbid.
> you're going to end up blocking the one JS thread you've got
There are worker threads in JS.
- mike_hearn 5y agoEr, sorry, that was a brainfart. I meant you can load them into the same address space. JS has workers but they aren't sharing memory, so they aren't really threads.