I mean, sure, that’s probably heavily influenced by the need for bundling for the frontend.
But it isn’t done blindly. Bundlers reduce the overall size of the code, either due to minification or tree-shaking (removing unused modules). It also removes the filesystem overhead of resolving and opening other modules.
Would bundling be useful in other interpreted languages?
I suppose you may count JVM’s compilation to bytecode as being very similar.
In nodejs, at least, it does. The minification and tree-shaking can make code significantly smaller. This can mean smaller cold start time in AWS Lambda for example, or just overall a little less RAM. If your heap isn’t that large, that can be noticeable.
It also eliminates the filesystem overhead of resolving and loading modules.
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I guess it boils down to if bundling can improve execution speed. On the web it would make page loads quicker.
In nodejs, at least, it does. The minification and tree-shaking can make code significantly smaller. This can mean smaller cold start time in AWS Lambda for example, or just overall a little less RAM. If your heap isn’t that large, that can be noticeable.
It also eliminates the filesystem overhead of resolving and loading modules.