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V8 was dramatically better than Firefox at the time. AFAIK, it was the first JS engine to take the approach of compiling repetitive JS to native assembly. If i
by chrisco255 1y ago
V8 was dramatically better than Firefox at the time. AFAIK, it was the first JS engine to take the approach of compiling repetitive JS to native assembly.
If it's true that V8 was used internally for Google's scraper before they even thought about Chrome, then it makes obvious sense why not. The other factor is the bureaucracy and difficulty of getting an open source project to refactor their entire code base around your own personal engine. Google had the money and resources to pay the best in the business to work on Chrome.