As of Firefox 137, I intend to enable Atomics.pause by default on all
platforms. It is currently enabled only in Nightly builds, behind the
`javascript.options.experimental.atomics_pause` preference. The
Atomics.pause proposal allows using dedicated CPU instructions for
microwaits, e.g. when contending for a spinlock, leading to improved power
consumption over naive implementations. Our implementation was contributed
by a volunteer, André Bargull. Thanks Anba :)

The proposal is currently at Stage 3 of the TC39 process. Both
JavaScriptCore (
https://webkit.org/blog/16205/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-207/)
and V8 (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/352359899) have already shipped
their implementations.

Bug to turn on by default:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1937805

Standard: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-atomics-microwait

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