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Re:Up to 4GB of Memory in WebAssembly by skybrian on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:17PM (#23185595)
Using 32-bit pointers can save a lot of memory in pointer-heavy data. Saving memory matters on mobile devices.
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Re:Up to 4GB of Memory in WebAssembly by xscott on Thursday May 14, 2020 @07:40PM (#23187104)
Pointer heavy data is begging for cache misses and should be avoided for lots of reasons. I want 64 bit loop indexes for large flat arrays.
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