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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109. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 4 19 May 2020 ECMAScript
110. Up to 4GB of memory in WebAssembly 14 May 2020 WebAssembly JavaScript tooling
111. V8 release v8.3 04 May 2020 release
112. What’s in that .wasm? Introducing: wasm-decompile 27 April 2020 WebAssembly tooling
113. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 3 01 April 2020 ECMAScript
114. Pointer Compression in V8 30 March 2020 internals memory
115. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 2 02 March 2020 ECMAScript
116. V8 release v8.1 25 February 2020 release
117. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 1 03 February 2020 ECMAScript
118. V8 release v8.0 18 December 2019 release

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