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.

Latest blog posts

83. Blazingly fast parsing, part 1: optimizing the scanner 25 March 2019 internals parsing
84. V8 release v7.4 22 March 2019 release
85. JIT-less V8 13 March 2019 internals
86. V8 release v7.3 07 February 2019 release
87. Trash talk: the Orinoco garbage collector 03 January 2019 internals memory presentations
88. V8 release v7.2 18 December 2018 release
89. Speeding up spread elements 04 December 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks
90. Faster async functions and promises 12 November 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks presentations
91. V8 release v7.1 31 October 2018 release
92. V8 release v7.0 15 October 2018 release

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