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by throwaway894345 1432 days ago
Has anyone compiled v8 to WASM so we can finally run JS in the browser? ;)
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v8 is a JIT engine, WASM would not support it.

JavaScriptCore has been compiled to WASM though:

https://mbbill.github.io/JSC.js/

People usually ask why, the answer is usually for fun or for sandboxed plugins.

I imagine that, if one were feeling extremely masochistic, one could generate WASM, JIT-style, and load it as needed. The result may not perform well.
I assumed the JIT would emit WASM.
please don’t give them more ideas