Porffor: A from-scratch ahead-of-time JS engine

Re:Porffor: A from-scratch ahead-of-time JS engine by tasty_freeze on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @06:42PM (#41114860)

I haven't used it, but reading their landing page, Porffor says their runtime is vastly smaller because it is AOT. If the compiler had to be bundled with the executable, then the size of the executable would grow much larger.

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Re:Porffor: A from-scratch ahead-of-time JS engine by spartanatreyu on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:44AM (#41116646)

Yeah, but you'd only need to include Porffor into compiled code if it used eval.

And most devs stay away from eval for well-deserved security reasons.

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