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THE BEST WEBASSEMBLY RUNTIME MAY BE NO RUNTIME AT ALL

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An alternative approach to WebAssembly (WASM) runtimes is no runtime at all. Traditional WASM runtimes like V8, Wasmer, WasmEdge, and Wasmtime are complex and platform-dependent. Instead, transpile Wasm code to C source code using tools like wasm2c or w2c2, which results in human-readable C code that can be compiled and run without the need for a dedicated runtime.