What is V8?

V8 is Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. It is used in Chrome and in Node.js, among others. It implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly, and runs on Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12+, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, ARM, or MIPS processors. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.

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113. V8 release v8.3 04 May 2020 release
114. What’s in that .wasm? Introducing: wasm-decompile 27 April 2020 WebAssembly tooling
115. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 3 01 April 2020 ECMAScript
116. Pointer Compression in V8 30 March 2020 internals memory
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118. V8 release v8.1 25 February 2020 release
119. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 1 03 February 2020 ECMAScript

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