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GNOME debates Javascript bindings

GNOME debates Javascript bindings

Posted May 24, 2009 3:41 UTC (Sun) by kov (subscriber, #7423)
Parent article: GNOME debates Javascript bindings

Saying that JavaScriptCore is 'untried' sounds weird to me. It's been a public "system framework" on Mac OSX for a very long time now, and it's what both Epiphany/Webkit, Safari and even Chrome use under the hood, so I wouldn't say it's untried.


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GNOME debates Javascript bindings

Posted May 25, 2009 13:57 UTC (Mon) by samlh (subscriber, #56788) [Link]

I thought Chrome used V8?

GNOME debates Javascript bindings

Posted May 25, 2009 17:29 UTC (Mon) by kov (subscriber, #7423) [Link]

V8 is comparable to SquirrelFish - the execution engine, or VM. The execution engine is just a part of
the JavaScript infrastructure provided by JSC, but I indeed do not know to which extent the Chrome
guys replaced that infrastructure. But even if we consider Safari/MacOSX only, my point stands.

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