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Re:Asm-Dom – WebAssembly Virtual DOM by Chyzwar on Saturday May 20, 2017 @04:28PM (#14384189)
My point is that you do not need Babel if you plan to target modern browsers anyway.
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Re:Asm-Dom – WebAssembly Virtual DOM by Touche on Saturday May 20, 2017 @05:26PM (#14384433)
Many ES6 features are slower than their ES5 counterparts currently. let, const are slower than var, for example.
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Re:Asm-Dom – WebAssembly Virtual DOM by tomatsu on Sunday May 21, 2017 @05:45AM (#14386497)
> let, const are slower than var, for example.

They aren't slower anymore in V8. Most ES6 features are now about as fast as their ES5 counterparts.

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Re:Asm-Dom – WebAssembly Virtual DOM by pizlonator on Sunday May 21, 2017 @10:46AM (#14387527)
That hasn't been true in WebKit for a while.
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Re:Asm-Dom – WebAssembly Virtual DOM by PrimHelios on Saturday May 20, 2017 @09:12PM (#14385243)
Huh. What's the reason for that?
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