JavaScript installer pnpm recast in Rust for speed
UKPulse News Desk
The JavaScript package installer pnpm has been rewritten in Rust, promising a fully backward-compatible upgrade with faster performance for monorepo users.
- pnpm has been recast in Rust because ECMAScript can't keep up.
- The upgrade is fully backward-compatible.
- It promises zero-friction speedup for monorepo wranglers.
The JavaScript package installer pnpm has been rewritten in Rust, according to a report from The Register. The move is said to be driven by the limitations of ECMAScript, the scripting language standard that underpins JavaScript.
The upgrade is described as fully backward-compatible and promises a zero-friction speedup for developers working with monorepos, which are repositories that contain multiple projects.
What this means for you: Developers using pnpm for monorepo projects may see faster performance after upgrading.