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The JavaScript VM is a lot more complicated than a compiler, it's a compiler, an interpreter, and a whole heap of hacks to squeeze maximal performance out of it
by astrodust 10y ago
The JavaScript VM is a lot more complicated than a compiler, it's a compiler, an interpreter, and a whole heap of hacks to squeeze maximal performance out of it.
That there's a problem processing whitespace isn't a reflection on the team not knowing their stuff, it's a problem that will be corrected. It's likely something that was never benchmarked and proven to be an issue before, or if it was an issue it was a low-priority one.