Comment on RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components
Nenutzerbame@feddit.org 4 days agoIt has less to do with JavaScript as most people tend to think IMO. JavaScript does not require Electron to exist, it’s rather the other way around. The fact that Electron ships a whole browser is the culprit and you could even argue that V8 is bloated as well, though I’m not sure how efficient it is built and how much size it takes. Browsers historically need to support so much legacy stuff which is another main factor for its size. I really hope for stuff like Tauri or Servo to gain traction.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not really, no. It’s very compact compared to Python, Java or most anything comparable. A compiled program would be smaller, of course, and Lua is minuscule next to anything — but otherwise V8 is small and fast. Iirc Node.js takes something like 30 MB out of the box, including its modules and libraries.