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Bun has an open PR adding shared-memory threads to JavaScriptCore

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According to Hacker News, Bun has submitted a pull request to add shared-memory threading support to JavaScriptCore, the JavaScript engine powering WebKit. This enhancement would enable JavaScript applications to execute multiple threads in parallel, boosting performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Source: https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/pull/249

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