Both were introduced three years ago as a part of a two-tier compiler system. Ignition is a bytecode interpreter whose job is to start executing the JavaScript with as little delay as possible.

Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its ... compiler sits between V8's Ignition bytecode interpreter and the TurboFan optimizing compiler. The V8 team has detailed its work ...

When programming a microcontroller to do your bidding, you only have two choices. You could write your code in a proper language such as C and cross-compile your source into a piece of firmware ...

A standalone executable file produced by a compiler can be run directly by the operating system. An interpreter, on the other hand, is a program that reads a program’s source code line by line ...

Three years ago, we launched a new two-tier compiler system consisting of Ignition and Turbofan. Ignition is a bytecode interpreter whose job is to start executing the JavaScript with as little ...

At first, Emscripten sounds like the punch line to a tech joke: a compiler that converts C/C++ code into Asm.js, a subset of JavaScript that can then run via a Web browser or in the Node.js framework.

Writing a compiler seems like a much harder problem than an interpreter. That might be true today, but I would argue that it was not the case some 60 years ago. A few reasons why: With an ...

Higgs, an experimental JavaScript engine written in D, uses novel approaches to speed up JavaScript -- and could inspire similar projects An experimental new JavaScript compiler could provide ...