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I don't think Bun "definitely can" run most Node code. Both Deno[1] and Bun's[2] Node compatibility are incomplete. Bun being perceived as more compatible is mostly clever marketing.

[1] https://docs.deno.com/runtime/manual/node/compatibility

[2] https://bun.sh/docs/runtime/nodejs-apis

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From the beginning, Bun was designed to be a drop-in replacement for Node.js. That’s why Bun implements Node’s globals. That’s also why Bun automatically detects when CommonJS is used in the entry point and ensures CommonJS is loaded. require and many other Node.js features “just work” in Bun.

Huh, interesting.

Surprised I haven't run into any of these incompatibilities.

Sounds like I have some reading to do.

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