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Re:Deno – A secure TypeScript runtime on V8 by wakeywakeywakey on Thursday October 04, 2018 @05:56PM (#18144009)
It seems like they've chosen Rust for the backend. This is a great fit in terms of preventing data races and having a no-GC performance profile.
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Re:Deno – A secure TypeScript runtime on V8 by skybrian on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:01PM (#18144056)
JavaScript is garbage-collected. They are using Rust to avoid having two garbage collectors.
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