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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92. Emscripten and the LLVM WebAssembly backend 01 July 2019 WebAssembly tooling
93. The cost of JavaScript in 2019 25 June 2019 internals parsing
94. V8 release v7.6 19 June 2019 release
95. Code caching for WebAssembly developers 17 June 2019 WebAssembly internals
96. V8 release v7.5 16 May 2019 release
97. Faster and more feature-rich internationalization APIs 25 April 2019 ECMAScript Intl
98. A year with Spectre: a V8 perspective 23 April 2019 security
99. Blazingly fast parsing, part 2: lazy parsing 15 April 2019 internals parsing
100. Code caching for JavaScript developers 08 April 2019 internals
101. Blazingly fast parsing, part 1: optimizing the scanner 25 March 2019 internals parsing

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