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Re:Wasm3 compiles itself (using LLVM/Clang compiled to WASM) by hardwaregeek on Saturday April 24, 2021 @09:08PM (#26929526)
Well built in garbage collection is non-existent. You can definitely use languages with GCs, you just need to include the GC in the bundle. You can do DOM access as well, it's just not particularly efficient.

Overall I think WebAssembly definitely has some usecases, they're just not as visible as people expected. Sites like Figma or Lichess use WASM but not in a super flashy way.

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Re:Wasm3 compiles itself (using LLVM/Clang compiled to WASM) by iudqnolq on Sunday April 25, 2021 @01:46AM (#26930571)
I'm optimistic dom access will get better soon. Check out https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/03/fast-bump-allocated-virtua... for example.
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