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		brrrrrm on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: We are trying to get tail calls into the ... How is ECMAScript 6 (high level language) related to WebAssembly (low level target)?

afiori on July 13, 2022 [–]

Wasm is meant to run efficiently on the same VM as JavaScript (an ECMAScript implemention), so Wasm features are restricted by browser VM current architectures.

(It is probably the main reason why Wasm only has structured control flow)

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