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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111. V8 release v8.4 30 June 2020 release
112. High-performance garbage collection for C++ 26 May 2020 internals memory cppgc
113. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 4 19 May 2020 ECMAScript
114. Up to 4GB of memory in WebAssembly 14 May 2020 WebAssembly JavaScript tooling
115. V8 release v8.3 04 May 2020 release
116. What’s in that .wasm? Introducing: wasm-decompile 27 April 2020 WebAssembly tooling
117. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 3 01 April 2020 ECMAScript
118. Pointer Compression in V8 30 March 2020 internals memory
119. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 2 02 March 2020 ECMAScript
120. V8 release v8.1 25 February 2020 release

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