The proposal changes the rules entirely. Historically, WebAssembly could not directly interact with the browser’s garbage collector. If you wrote a game in Java and compiled it to WASM, you had to manually manage memory (like C++), or you had to bundle a massive garbage collector within the WASM module.
: Set "Chunks" to 6-8 for the best balance of speed and visuals. eaglercraft 112 wasm gc new
For server owners, the WASM GC client is a double-edged sword. On one hand, players with decent laptops can now join 1.12 servers directly from a school or work computer with near-native performance. On the other hand, because the client requires such modern browsers, your player base might shrink compared to a legacy 1.8 Eaglercraft server that can run on practically anything with a screen. The proposal changes the rules entirely