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A one size fits all GC is never going to be a great solution though, is it? Different languages have different GCs that are designed to work with their semanti

A one size fits all GC is never going to be a great solution though, is it? Different languages have different GCs that are designed to work with their semantics. Some languages use a flag bit to tell the runtime if a value is stack or heap (Go, Ocaml), some languages allocate almost everything and assume a lot of short lived objects (Java)... How well will a generic WASM GC really work here?

ilyt 4y ago
Probably better than no GC whatsoever. And not having to bring whole GC code with you is benefit enough
wtetzner 4y ago
But the competition is compile-to-javascript, which has exactly the same problem. With WASM, you get to choose between using a generic, potentially sub-optimal GC, or having a larger payload and including a GC bundled with the application.