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Re:Bun v0.5 by brrrrrm on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @05:54PM (#34434285)
> If in the near future JS also reaches good support for scientific/ml libraries it seems like entering that ecosystem is an obvious advantage

Fully agree with this sentiment. To that end, I’ve been contributing to Shumai (linked by someone else in the comments) to enable torch-like machine learning for Bun

Re:Bun v0.5 by culi on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:10PM (#34434991)
Super exciting! I'd love to see Bun take a focus on this. Tbh with Deno's recent massive expansions to npm support it's kinda hard to see what role Bun plays in the ecosystem. Focusing on performance critical work like ML and crypto would cement it's place and fill a niche that's underserved. At least until WASM works as advertised but it seems that's kind of a ways off