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The State of WASM - JSJ 560

JavaScript Jabber

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Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Garbage collection is in the browser implementation phase. There are some browsers that already have implementations or primary implementations for garbage collection. Everything from tiny go to ruby to python all of those languages when you try to compile something into web assembly you have to ship a garbage collector s compile to web assembly into that bundle. That's untenable not just because it inflates the bundle but because like every module then we'll have to have its own garbage collector. This has been one of one of the primary focus areas of new specification.

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