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Yes, although the sizes of the binaries differ greatly. See this [1] Twitter reply. A "hello world" example produced an ~85mb binary in Node and Deno, whereas QuickJS produced a 6MB binary. [1] https://nitter.net/kebsworld/status/1648488613351657474#m
The standard library or use-cases are not even comparable though, right? If I wanted to make a HTTPS request in quickjs I'd probably need to pull in openssl, write a http parser, etc, etc. I might be wrong, but comparing quickjs to node/deno seems like comparing a aquarium pump to an electric car. They both contain engines that are driven by electricity, but the similarities stop there. They are both good at what the…
> I might be wrong, but comparing quickjs to node/deno seems like comparing a aquarium pump to an electric car.
My intention was not to compare QuickJS to Node/Deno, only their ability to create small binaries.