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+# scratch-wasm
 
-https://jsdw.me/posts/wasm-components/
-https://gertvv.nl/posts/wasm-component-raw.html
+a collection of Wasm examples demonstrating concepts important to my
+WIP Scheme→Wasm compiler, Gyehoek. mostly focused on the WASI,
+garbage-collection, tail-call, and stack-switching proposals, as well
+as basic proof-of-concepts for things like Gyehoek's calling
+convention.
+
+## resources
+
+- https://jsdw.me/posts/wasm-components/
+- https://gertvv.nl/posts/wasm-component-raw.html