V8 (JavaScript engine)
| Developer(s) | |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.1.2[1] / February 23, 2010 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Android, webOS |
| Development status | Active |
| Type | JavaScript engine |
| License | BSD license |
| Website | code.google.com/p/v8/ |
The V8 JavaScript engine is an open source JavaScript engine developed by Google in Denmark and shipping with the Google Chrome browser.[2] Lars Bak is the head programmer.[3]
V8 increases performance by compiling JavaScript to native machine code before executing it, rather than to a bytecode or interpreting it. Further performance increases were achieved by employing optimization techniques such as inline caching. With these features, JavaScript applications running within V8 have an effective speed comparable to a compiled binary.[4]
V8 assembler is based on Strongtalk assembler[5].
See also
References
- ^ http://code.google.com/p/v8/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog ChangeLog
- ^ Philipp Lenssen (2008-09-01). "Google on Google Chrome - comic book". Google Blogoscoped. http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ Minto, Rob (March 27 2009). "The genius behind Google’s web browser". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/03775904-177c-11de-8c9d-0000779fd2ac.html. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ Seeley, Rich; Jack Vaughan (5 September 2008). "Google Chrome shifts architects' equations as V8 powers the browser". SOA News. http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid26_gci1328625,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ v8 Licenses
External links
- Google Code project page
- cproxyv8 and v8-juice are C++ libraries for extending v8, e.g. to assist in binding client-side C++ classes to JavaScript.
- v8cgi is a v8-based framework for serving web application written in JavaScript.
- node.js[1] is a toolkit for writing performant non-blocking event-driven network servers in JavaScript.
- Inside V8 - A Javascript Virtual Machine
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