This is a great 5-minute overview of the compiler, in broad strokes. If you're looking to work on a little to-JS language of your own, I hope it's helpful in ge

This is a great 5-minute overview of the compiler, in broad strokes. If you're looking to work on a little to-JS language of your own, I hope it's helpful in getting started. The video isn't up online quite yet, but at JSConf earlier this month, Brendan Eich and I talked (http://brendaneich.com/2011/05/my-jsconf-us-presentation/ http://brendaneich.com/2011/05/my-jsconf-us-presentation/) about encouraging this sort of language experimentation. There are lots of other examples available at http://altjs.org http://altjs.org. Google's Traceur compiler, which implements their vision of the in-progress ES.next standard is a particularly good touchstone: http://code.google.com/p/traceur-compiler/wiki/LanguageFeatures http://code.google.com/p/traceur-compiler/wiki/LanguageFeatu...