Also considering using JS as the lingua franca but perf is likely unacceptable given non-JITted JavaScriptCore. (cf github.com/Khan/JSContext)
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just curious, is it compute performance you're concerned about for what you're making?
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Not terribly concerned about compute performance, mostly just paying a >1000x abstraction cost.
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as in, the abilities to abstract in JS are more limited than other languages? #notflamebait
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Oh, sorry, no: adding a layer of abstraction adds an (order of magnitude) 1000x performance hit vs. C, when using JavaScriptCore.
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no worries, thanks for clarifying! and so 1000x is enough that even if use cases aren't compute-intense, you'd think twice.
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Yeah. It's territory where over time, you end up with slow code you can't do anything about. I've been there.
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cool, would love to hear more some other time, but thanks for clarifying!