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GC and Exceptions in Wasmtime

by Nick Fitzgerald bytecodealliance.org published 2026-07-205 min read

The Wasm GC and exceptions proposals are both enabled by default in today’sWasmtime 47 release! We are excited to help bring more languages to WebAssemblyand everywhere that Wasmtime runs. Getting to this point involved large Wasmtimecha...

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