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Of some sort. The C is transpiled to machine code so that the processor can execute it. Turns out CPUs don't understand C natively. In addition, it automatical
by randomdata 2y ago
Of some sort. The C is transpiled to machine code so that the processor can execute it. Turns out CPUs don't understand C natively.
In addition, it automatically generates wrappers to transparently convert between Javascript's memory model and C's memory model to seamlessly allow Javascript to call upon the C functions imported using it.
Just your usual FFI, really, but with less call overhead than the FFI specification defined by Node (N-API). Albeit with some different tradeoffs made in order to accomplish that.
- pjmlp 2y agoC is compiled to machine code.
- randomdata 2y agoYes, that's right. Compile and transpile are the same thing.
- pjmlp 2y agoOnly for Javascript folks without CS background in compilers.
- randomdata 2y agoYes, it is true that Javascript folks do seem to want to think they are different. But they can never figure out exactly what is different.