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I believe it's a cross compiler for JS.

• tachyonbeam 12y ago
  It's a JIT compiler that generates x86-64 machine code
  • echaozh 12y ago
    You either have an AOT compiler or an interpreter with JIT compilation. What's a JIT compiler?
    • protopete 12y ago
      AOT: ahead of time JIT: just in time Compiler applies to both of them.
    • mistercow 12y ago
      Here are about 5,000 reasons that nitpick is silly: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_vis=1&q=%22jit+compiler%22&hl=en&as_sdt=1,5 http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_vis=1&q=%22jit+compiler... Clearly the term "JIT compiler" is a common way to describe such a system.
    • bzbarsky 12y ago
      V8 has no interpreter. Just a pair of compilers (first tier and second tier), which compile stuff lazily at the point when it needs to run. Would you call that an "AOT compiler"? Because most people wouldn't.