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So, instead of using something lightweight and embeddable like QuickJS, they opted for Deno? Nothing specifically against it, just seems... overkill

• Waraqa 1y ago
  See this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45359626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45359626
  • rcarmo 1y ago
    There are other embeddable JS engines out there.
    • ohdeargodno 1y ago
      And you're welcome to implement them and submit them as a PR. The yt-dlp contributors are not in the business of writing or finding JS runtimes, they're trying to download videos.
    • myvoiceismypass 1y ago
      Hmm, like bun? Are there many others?