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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122. V8 release v9.0 17 March 2021 release
123. Faster releases 04 March 2021
124. Super fast super property access 18 February 2021 JavaScript
125. Faster JavaScript calls 15 February 2021 internals
126. V8 release v8.9 04 February 2021 release
127. An additional non-backtracking RegExp engine 11 January 2021 internals RegExp
128. V8 release v8.7 23 October 2020 release
129. Indicium: V8 runtime tracer tool 01 October 2020 tools system-analyzer
130. Slack tracking in V8 24 September 2020 internals
131. V8 release v8.6 21 September 2020 release

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