An Urgent Notice from AssemblyScript

Re:An Urgent Notice from AssemblyScript by trusktr on Sunday July 25, 2021 @07:36PM (#27953959)

AssemblyScript is a compiler that aims to compile TypeScript code (with slight differences to be able to make sense in Wasm, though trying to minimize those differences) into Wasm. To remain compatible with TypeScript (which is AssemblyScript's goal) and be an optimal language for Wasm that will communicate with TS/JS on the other side, the type `string` would need to be in the same format to avoid any perf hit or data loss while passing thing if that type across the Wasm-JS boundary.

I'm not sure what type of compiler to label that as, but that's the goal.

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Re:An Urgent Notice from AssemblyScript by paulddraper on Sunday July 25, 2021 @08:39PM (#27954270)

> I'm not sure what type of compiler to label that as, but that's the goal.

A compiler. From TypeScript to web assembly.

Certainly it has its work cut out for it to have TS semantics (that is, JS semantics) and be optimal for target web assembly.

I can't think of any scripting languages that are optimal for targeting low-level runtimes.

I wish AssemblyScript the best; seems like a hard problem.

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