SMRTR ProgrammingNov 18, 2024lobste.rs

A small adventure in WebAssembly @ Things Of Interest

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A programmer implemented the Held-Karp algorithm to optimize moves in the board game 221B Baker Street, first in JavaScript then in WebAssembly. Surprisingly, the WebAssembly version performed slightly slower than JavaScript. This raises questions about JavaScript's efficiency for computation tasks versus common perceptions of its limitations.

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