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Brimstone: ES2025 JavaScript engine written in Rust

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239 points ivankra | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fgallih[dead post] ◴[16 Nov 25 14:23 UTC] No.45945356[source]▶
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MattRix ◴[16 Nov 25 14:50 UTC] No.45945525[source]▶
Rust is not garbage collected though.
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1. vampirex ◴[16 Nov 25 15:22 UTC] No.45945745[source]▶
Yes, but safe Rust enforces strict borrow checking with tracing, reference counting, etc. which would be inefficient for GC implementation.
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2. LtdJorge ◴[16 Nov 25 15:23 UTC] No.45945760[source]▶
What tracing?