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Oh but that's not really bytecode is it? I'd say that's language transpilation. Which is a different topic, a contentious one for sure, but I don't think I'd qu
by Grimm1 5y ago
Oh but that's not really bytecode is it? I'd say that's language transpilation. Which is a different topic, a contentious one for sure, but I don't think I'd qualify compiling down to another language as a form of bytecode, perhaps I'm splitting hairs though. My understanding is with bytecode that would then be read during execution on a vm or some such like Java, or Python bytecode during execution. JS is still a high level language which V8 then turns into it's own type of bytecode before being able to execute it.
- krapp 5y agoYes, I would agree completely... but I've gotten into enough arguments about it on HN and been downvoted hard enough for disagreeing with the premise to know how seriously a lot of people take it.