hmm, there's 1.6M lines of C++ in V8. And that's not a collection of simple mathematical functions - it's an entire compiler with many interdependent component

hmm, there's 1.6M lines of C++ in V8. And that's not a collection of simple mathematical functions - it's an entire compiler with many interdependent components. I think there's this weird but popular idea that people think it's easier to build a fast language than port a couple hundred independent functions.