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ComputerGuru on Jan 24, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wild – A fast linker for Linux

I don’t think I can use wasm with simd or syscalls, which is the bulk of my work.

sitkack on Jan 24, 2025 [–]

I haven't used SIMD in Rust (or Wasm). Syscalls can be passed into the Wasm env.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/core/arch/wasm32/index.html#simd

https://nickb.dev/blog/authoring-a-simd-enhanced-wasm-librar...

Could definitely be more effort than it is worth just to speed up compilation.

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