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Re:What makes WebAssembly fast? by ktRolster on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @09:05PM (#13760308)
If your algorithm is such that everything can be placed on the stack then GC gets you nothing.
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Re:What makes WebAssembly fast? by hellofunk on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @02:29PM (#13767351)
A lot of GC languages don't give you access to the stack, though, all objects live in the heap.
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