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Nov 21, 2020 at 06:35
I originally heard about Cranelift in the context of fast rustc builds in debug mode. TIL it was originally written to make webassembly run faster! https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/tree/main/cranelift (via https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/webassemblys-post-mvp-future/)
wasmtime/cranelift at main · bytecodealliance/wasmtime
wasmtime/cranelift at main · bytecodealliance/wasmtime
A lightweight WebAssembly runtime that is fast, secure, and standards-compliant - bytecodealliance/wasmtime

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