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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112. V8 release v8.5 21 July 2020 release
113. V8 release v8.4 30 June 2020 release
114. High-performance garbage collection for C++ 26 May 2020 internals memory cppgc
115. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 4 19 May 2020 ECMAScript
116. Up to 4GB of memory in WebAssembly 14 May 2020 WebAssembly JavaScript tooling
117. V8 release v8.3 04 May 2020 release
118. What’s in that .wasm? Introducing: wasm-decompile 27 April 2020 WebAssembly tooling
119. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 3 01 April 2020 ECMAScript
120. Pointer Compression in V8 30 March 2020 internals memory
121. Understanding the ECMAScript spec, part 2 02 March 2020 ECMAScript

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