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Chrome was essentially launched on V8. At that time, full JavaScript webapps were still pretty slow. Neither MS, Mozilla, or Apple had a strategic interest in
by ethbro 7y ago
Chrome was essentially launched on V8. At that time, full JavaScript webapps were still pretty slow.
Neither MS, Mozilla, or Apple had a strategic interest in accelerating them by an order of magnitude.
And V8 begat Node.js, for better or worse.