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 browser1.

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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