V8 JavaScript engine

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Google V8 JavaScript Engine
Developed by Google
Written in C++
OS Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Development status Beta
Type JavaScript engine
License BSD license
Website code.google.com/p/v8/

The V8 JavaScript engine is an open source JavaScript engine developed by Google in Denmark and shipping with the Google Chrome browser[1].

It increases performance by compiling JavaScript to native machine code before running it, rather than to a bytecode or interpreting it. Thus, JavaScript applications will run at the speed of a compiled binary.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Philipp Lenssen (2008-09-01). "Google on Google Chrome - comic book". Google Blogoscoped. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  2. ^ Seeley, Rich; Jack Vaughan (5 September 2008). "Google Chrome shifts architects' equations as V8 powers the browser", SOA News. Retrieved on 7 September 2008. 

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