V8 is Google’s open source JavaScript engine. Chrome, Node.js, and many other applications use V8. This article explains V8’s bytecode format — which is actually easy to read once you understand some basic concepts. This post is available in Chinese, translated by justjavac. Ignition! We have lift-off! Interpreter Ignition is part of our compiler pipeline since 2016.When V8 compiles JavaScript cod
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