True, but for a cpu bound task like this VM typically causes only a 10% slowdown. You aren’t going to see an order of magnitude faster execution on real hardwar

True, but for a cpu bound task like this VM typically causes only a 10% slowdown. You aren’t going to see an order of magnitude faster execution on real hardware. The article makes it look like compilation is almost instantaneous. It’s not. Cached artifacts are rather hefty as well. V8 fares surprisingly well given that it’s not a specialized WebAssembly runtime. Wasmer should probably watch competitors more closely.