“Hello, Internet!” WebKit’s core JavaScript engine just got a new interpreter, code-named SquirrelFish. SquirrelFish is fast—much faster than WebKit’s previous interpreter. Check out the numbers. On the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, SquirrelFish is 1.6 times faster than WebKit’s previous interpreter. What Is SquirrelFish? SquirrelFish is a register-based, direct-threaded, high-level bytecode eng