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Re:FaaS in Go with WASM, WASI and Rust by ridruejo on Sunday May 07, 2023 @04:20AM (#35849127)
Wasm is the simplest target format and more generic than Java Bytecode, I’d start there
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Re:FaaS in Go with WASM, WASI and Rust by candiodari on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:38AM (#35849618)
Exactly. And the Java guys criticism is bullshit: WASM supports garbage collection, just like a cpu does, you just have to bring your own. In fact, Java's most advanced garbage collector runs on WASM just fine.
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Re:FaaS in Go with WASM, WASI and Rust by kaba0 on Sunday May 07, 2023 @08:17AM (#35850630)
A good GC can benefit greatly from lower level constructs, so while it is absolutely possible to run a GC within WASM, running a good GC is significantly harder if not impossible.
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