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It means using the processor's memory protection features to prevent programs from reading memory that they're not supposed to read, rather than inserting check
by jules 8y ago
It means using the processor's memory protection features to prevent programs from reading memory that they're not supposed to read, rather than inserting check instructions at every memory access.
- jsheard 8y agoYeah, the V8 devs go into detail here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17y4kxuHFrVxAiuCP_FFtFA2HP5sNPsCD10KEx17Hz6M/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/17y4kxuHFrVxAiuCP_FFtFA2H... They just recently shipped it on Linux with V8 v6.8, but the Windows implementation is still a work in progress.