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While it's still very slow, modern Javascript VMs are fast enough for many usages. Ruby is slow, but it could be a lot faster with a lot of time and money.
by speedgoose 7y ago
While it's still very slow, modern Javascript VMs are fast enough for many usages. Ruby is slow, but it could be a lot faster with a lot of time and money.
- kipply 7y agoV8 is a work of art <3
- pepemon 7y agoWhat do you like the most in the V8 internals?
- kipply 7y agoIt's not nice to pick a favourite child. Though something I heard about recently that made me happy (less about V8 internals) is how they try not to improve compilation speed by not compiling. There isn't a video about it yet but you can stalk https://2020.programming-conference.org/details/MoreVMs-2020-papers/2/Compiling-JavaScript-in-zero-time https://2020.programming-conference.org/details/MoreVMs-2020... when it exists
- bnt 7y agoBut developing in JS is consideray slower than in Ruby, and time to market should be king.
- saagarjha 7y agoJavaScript VMs are quite fast, actually. They get a lot of attention.