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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121. Faster releases 04 March 2021
122. Super fast super property access 18 February 2021 JavaScript
123. Faster JavaScript calls 15 February 2021 internals
124. V8 release v8.9 04 February 2021 release
125. An additional non-backtracking RegExp engine 11 January 2021 internals RegExp
126. V8 release v8.7 23 October 2020 release
127. Indicium: V8 runtime tracer tool 01 October 2020 tools system-analyzer
128. Slack tracking in V8 24 September 2020 internals
129. V8 release v8.6 21 September 2020 release
130. V8 release v8.5 21 July 2020 release

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