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"It should also be noted here, that it makes it very, very fast "when compared to other js engines", however, it makes it pretty slow when compared to a ton of
by ootachi 16y ago
"It should also be noted here, that it makes it very, very fast "when compared to other js engines", however, it makes it pretty slow when compared to a ton of other languages/runtimes. It's just misleading marketing speak to omit that."
Actually, I'd disagree on both counts. V8 isn't faster than contemporary JavaScript engines anymore (although it's a tad faster than Safari's Nitro engine, perhaps). However, V8 is much faster than most of the other languages used for web development: Ruby, Python, PHP, and Perl. The only exception is Java.
- axod 16y ago> The only exception is Java. Most languages can compile down to JVM byte code. I'd say the JVM is a pretty quick beast.
- EGreg 16y agoExactly. It's not about being faster than other Javascript engines, it's about compiling down to Machine code, and being way faster than all the other scripting languages. Unless you use Java, C, C++, etc you would do better with Node.js
- viraptor 16y agoStill bytecode interpreted not native, but Node.js wasn't better: http://blog.mysyncpad.com/post/2073441622/node-js-vs-erlang-syncpads-experience http://blog.mysyncpad.com/post/2073441622/node-js-vs-erlang-... (at least cpu / memory -wise)