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Re:Emacs-ng: Emacs with Deno runtime and TypeScript by bitwize on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:20AM (#26476992)
V8 is the only C++ component of Deno. The other bits of the runtime are written in Rust, and Rust is the native extension language.
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Re:Emacs-ng: Emacs with Deno runtime and TypeScript by otabdeveloper4 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:36AM (#26490168)
The "other bits" are the ones that don't matter.

It's like saying that a browser skin is "built on Rust" when inside it's still Webkit and Chromium.

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