Compiling to WebAssembly

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Covers low-level details of targeting WebAssembly 1.0 as a compiler backend, including practical constraints and what can be shipped today. Also surveys in-development and experimental extensions (host GC integration, tail calls, etc.) and draws on experience from Firefox’s WebAssembly implementation and the LLVM WebAssembly backend.

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