jarredsumnerinc/javascript8h agoi genuinely think good AOT JS/TS with full ecosystem compatibility would be the most exciting thing to happen to JavaScript since Node#aot#javascript#typescript#compilation#ecosystem12 comments
jarredsumnerx8h agothe knock on server-side JS has always been that you only use it because you already know it. rEaL enGiNeeRs use Go or RuSt LLMs know every language so that doesn't matter anymore, but the substance behind that knock is still true - JS uses more memory and CPU0 Replyjarredsumnerx8h agohowever, LLMs are also really good at writing compilers. so instead of you rewriting your app in another language, what if we just rewrite the compiler to make JS/TS perform competitively with Go and Rust then rewriting your app might not be worth it, even if it’s easy1 Reply
jarredsumnerx8h agohowever, LLMs are also really good at writing compilers. so instead of you rewriting your app in another language, what if we just rewrite the compiler to make JS/TS perform competitively with Go and Rust then rewriting your app might not be worth it, even if it’s easy1 Reply
the knock on server-side JS has always been that you only use it because you already know it. rEaL enGiNeeRs use Go or RuSt
LLMs know every language so that doesn't matter anymore, but the substance behind that knock is still true - JS uses more memory and CPU
however, LLMs are also really good at writing compilers.
so instead of you rewriting your app in another language, what if we just rewrite the compiler to make JS/TS perform competitively with Go and Rust
then rewriting your app might not be worth it, even if it’s easy