> Ignition, the interpreter, generates bytecode from this syntax tree. I guess she was addressing something more V8 specific. In the case of V8, the Ignition

> Ignition, the interpreter, generates bytecode from this syntax tree. I guess she was addressing something more V8 specific. In the case of V8, the Ignition 'module' first generates the bytecode directly from the AST, and then in another step, interpret the generated bytecode. So, in this particular case it does both.