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financequoll on July 29, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Binary in JavaScript

The library at the bottom isn't anywhere near a typed objects polyfill - it just packs data into small spaces. Typed Objevts would let you have objects where properties are of a static type (int8, Boolean, string) and they are stored using Array Buffers.

codecurve on July 29, 2015 [–]

Sure, the underlying storage mechanisms are different and it doesn't support as many types, but I didn't say it was a good polyfill.

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