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One of Deno's value props is to have a tighter and more explicit trust model.

And this is not a obscure need. There are cloud providers who let you run JS on a specialized and restricted API.

However, there is nothing stopping you from using Node or integrating V8 and go wild with it! (In fact I would argue that this is a solid strategy for some types of projects, where you can get the best of both (static/dynamic) worlds.

And this is not a obscure need. There are cloud providers who let you run JS on a specialized and restricted API.

Sounds rather obscure actually. Still somewhat confused why this would be useful in Deno. Looks like it's just a repeat of what happened with Java's SecurityManager, which is now being deprecated and removed.

Sounds rather obscure actually.

It is how cloudflare workers work

Yes, something very obscure. Maybe a handful of companies in the world have a need to operate something like that.

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