The Future of WebAssembly Garbage Collection | WebAssembly Unleashed
Join Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matt Yacobucci as they discuss the latest news and recent developments in WebAssembly, such as Zig 0.140 and projects like running Linux inside a PDF file. This episode features special guest Nick Fitzgerald, a notable contributor to WasmTime and CraneLift, who explains the concept of garbage collection in programming. The discussion covers garbage collection in the context of WebAssembly, diving into algorithms, their implications, and challenges in implementation. They also touch upon the future of WebAssembly in embedded systems and the broader applications of these technologies in various programming languages like Java and Python. Don't miss this engaging and informative episode!
A Unified Theory of Garbage Collection paper: https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse590p/05au/p50-bacon.pdf
A Unified Theory of Garbage Collection paper: https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse590p/05au/p50-bacon.pdf
Creators and Guests
Host
Joel Moses
Distinguished Engineer & VP, Strategic Engineering at F5. Joel has over 30 years of industry experience in cybersecurity and networking fields. Prior to joining F5, he designed large scale security and infrastructure architectures for consulting clients and served as the lead US Security and Infrastructure Architect for one of the largest accounting/consulting firms in the world. At F5, he is a founding member of the Office of the CTO, and is principally responsible for advanced research, intellectual property, proof-of-concepts, and strategic studies related to security, hardware, and cloud technologies. He holds several US patents related to encryption techniques.
Host
Matthew Yacobucci
Architect and Wasm enthusiast, Matt is an experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the distributed computing and networking industries. He's professional skilled in Linux, Go, Container Orchestration Systems, Concurrency, Agile Methodologies, and Lunch.
Host
Oscar Spencer
Principal Engineer with F5, Co-author of the Grain programming language, and TSC Director for the Bytecode Alliance, Oscar is passionate about advancing the future of WebAssembly.
