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Re:Factor is faster than Zig by fastball on Saturday November 11, 2023 @03:14AM (#38228463)
Bun is compiled to a binary, so not sure it matters how stable the underlying language is if Bun itself has a stable API?
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Re:Factor is faster than Zig by KolmogorovComp on Saturday November 11, 2023 @05:56AM (#38229192)
That’s the point OP is making, even if the program is bug-free, given the compiler’s current state there’s a chance the compiled binary has bugs (due to miscompilation).

Now that can happen with every compiler but using one in still in alpha significantly increases the risk.

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Re:Factor is faster than Zig by fastball on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:21AM (#38231070)
Does it help at all that Zig is LLVM-based?
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Re:Factor is faster than Zig by wredue on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:12AM (#38231546)
Not particularly. And zig is moving away from llvm anyway.
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