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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by txdv on Thursday June 27, 2024 @10:09AM (#40810732)
Yeah, I did not enjoy that part, it was basically an abrubt stop. It also sounded that they were compiling java to js and afterwards to wasm, I would like to know what engine they are using.
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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by azakai on Thursday June 27, 2024 @11:49AM (#40811786)
The compiler from Java to JS is J2CL:

https://github.com/google/j2cl/

And that now includes a Java to WasmGC compiler, called J2Wasm:

https://github.com/google/j2cl/blob/master/docs/getting-star...

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