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		Akkuma on Aug 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Towards a JavaScript Binary AST Sure, why not? The difference is that WASM is aiming for near native performance of code, while the binary JS would still be limited to JS performance.

pier25 on Aug 18, 2017 [–]

Yes, but it would have access to DOM, GC, etc.

Akkuma on Aug 19, 2017 | [–]

But that's what languages that compile to JavaScript support already today. The binary JS shouldn't prevent this behaviour if it is just a binary representation of a text version.

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