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The only C code JavaScript needs to interact with is 100% under the control of the browser implementing that JavaScript engine.

JavaScript doesn't interact with random C libraries that the user might have, like Python does.

[brrrrrm]

This is unfortunately a bit misinformed. You are thinking of a specific JavaScript implementation (browsers). The language has heavy adoption in the native space. Check out Node.js!

JavaScript does interact with random C libraries :)

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Yep, although for a very, very long time that wasn't the case.

[brrrrrm]

Well, that changed over a decade ago

[insanitybit]

But V8 and JIT'd runtimes were already standard for years by the time nodejs came out.