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The main difference is that WASM started with unsafe languages that have all of those features, so the developers are aware of them, and now they're trying add
by naasking 3y ago
The main difference is that WASM started with unsafe languages that have all of those features, so the developers are aware of them, and now they're trying add safety.
Prior universal VMs started with a safe language and bytecode and then added unsafety. Maybe that will change the outcome, maybe not. At the very least you can still use conservative GC.