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Re:JavaScript to Rust and Back Again: A Wasm-Bindgen Tale by vardump on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:40PM (#16758220)
It might help to think speed as lower power consumption.

So yes. As long as cellphones and laptops need a battery.

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Re:JavaScript to Rust and Back Again: A Wasm-Bindgen Tale by maxxxxx on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @07:26PM (#16760295)
I understand. My question is whether it's the Javascript code that uses CPU cycles or the DOM manipulations that cause the browser to recalculate the layout and do other stuff all the time? If it's the browser then it doesn't matter whether you use Javascript or webasm.
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