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zozbot234yesterday at 10:54 PM1 replyview on HN

You can still write JS or TypeScript code that tries its best to keep memory use under check. JavaScript was around in the late 90s when the memory footprint of software was at least an order of magnitude lower, so it's absolutely doable.


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tempest_today at 12:35 AM

JavaScript in the late 90s was doing a hell of a lot less than it is today.