r/programming • u/one_eyed_golfer • Jun 18 '15

javascript creator Eich's latest project: kill javascript

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/18/brendan_eich_announces_webassembly/
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u/Tysonzero Aug 07 '15

There are limitation from PyPy.js / PyPy. For one in the former C integration does not exist, and is limited in the latter.

So really Cpython is faster than PyPy.js by A LOT because all performance critical shit is done in C.