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Ever wondered how JavaScript really works? In this video, we break down the computer science behind the world’s most popular programming language - from source code to execution? Learn how the engine ...
Unreal Engine 3, the game engine that runs fan favorites like Mass Effect, Gears of War, and Infinity Blade, has been ported to run inside a web browser without any plug-ins. Using JavaScript ...
Mention JavaScript engines at this point, and the big name that comes to mind is Google’s V8, the engine that powers not only Google Chrome but Node.js as well.
Opera Software has announced it is at work on a new JavaScript engine named Carakan (pronounced Tsharakan) that is two-and-a-half times faster than the JavaScript engine in Opera 10. The Opera ...
While the race to make the fastest browser JavaScript engine continues at a heated pace, Microsoft senior product manager Pete LePage reminded the audience at Microsoft TechEd, held in New Orleans ...
Microsoft officially retired JScript years ago, along with proper support for the original Internet Explorer browser. However, the JScript engine still lingers in modern Windows installations, ...
Following Microsoft announcing it would open-source its Chakra JavaScript engine late last year, the company has done exactly that, uploading it to GitHub today. ChakraCore is a self-contained ...
Version 5.1 of Google’s open source V8 JavaScript engine accommodates the WebAssembly portable code format and improves standards support, performance, and garbage collection. V8 has served as a ...