> Don’t even get me started on FFI/calling into dynamic libraries, which is the bread and butter of scientific computing.
Which is, incidentally, one of the things Bun provides.
Like you said: there are indeed healthy alternative runtimes. Said runtimes can (and often do) readily provide a richer standard library, or break web compatibility to resolve footguns, or what have you. Bun seems to be making good progress to that effect, and my point in the previous comment presupposes that it succeeds.
Which is, incidentally, one of the things Bun provides.
Like you said: there are indeed healthy alternative runtimes. Said runtimes can (and often do) readily provide a richer standard library, or break web compatibility to resolve footguns, or what have you. Bun seems to be making good progress to that effect, and my point in the previous comment presupposes that it succeeds.