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rattray on June 1, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: A virtual machine for microcontrollers

The author started with the premise that V8 won't fit on a microcontroller, but didn't really justify why a new language was needed.

Why would someone choose Toit over Espruino or QuickJS, which seem to promise JS on a microcontroller?

http://www.espruino.com https://bellard.org/quickjs

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