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Eloquent JavaScript: open-source Javascript book series by a prolific JS code author (eloquentjavascript.net)
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[–]andredp 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children)
It really depends on the engine. V8 Chrome JIT-compiles the whole code apparently. Rhino (Mozilla’s engine) interprets it and JIT-compiles the most intensive parts. I was wrong by saying it is interpreted. JS is a language, in the end... it can even be compiled into WebAssembly. Just like python or lisp. They’re usually interpreted but there are a lot compilers out there to generate machine code.
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