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0 pointsmattdeboard7y ago0 comments

Oh, I see. Thanks. I assumed the JS engine was written in Rust!

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Spidermonkey will probably never get rewritten in rust, as the safety guarantees would be precluded by JIT.

That's not entirely the case - there's definitely research / work being done in this area.

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0 pointsmattdeboard7y ago0 comments

Oh, I see. Thanks. I assumed the JS engine was written in Rust!

Spidermonkey will probably never get rewritten in rust, as the safety guarantees would be precluded by JIT.

That's not entirely the case - there's definitely research / work being done in this area.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse