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.NET doesn't use WasmGC because Microsoft found it too different from how .NET's GC works. Which is quite unfortunate
by chris_pie 1y ago
.NET doesn't use WasmGC because Microsoft found it too different from how .NET's GC works. Which is quite unfortunate
- josephg 1y agoOh what a pity. Anywhere I can read more about that?
- chris_pie 1y agoI can't find the actual decision, but there was some discussion here: https://github.com/WebAssembly/gc/issues/77 https://github.com/WebAssembly/gc/issues/77 Microsoft later in 2023 said that that discussion "is the current state we are in. We will keep eye on wasm GC in the future." edit: found a more concrete statement https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/94420 https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/94420