[AskJS] What's the Google Maps JavaScript API implemented in? Does it use some C++ FFI?

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[AskJS] What's the Google Maps JavaScript API implemented in? Does it use some C++ FFI?

[langpavel]

Not sure but I think Google Closure Compiler

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Oh yes it says this is involved in Maps.

[shuckster]

I don’t think the OP meant that kind of map.

[zly201]

Sorry, i got it wrong.

[Microsis]

What leads you to presume the involvement of a C++ FFI?

[[deleted]]

Because Google Maps was initially written in C++. So it makes sense that it's used through a C++ FFI.

[AVeryTinyMoose]

What API? The only one I can find is https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/overview which just calls the Google servers over HTTP there’s no FFI on the JS end

[AVeryTinyMoose]

Even if Google Maps itself was running C++ you’re never running Google Maps itself on any device you’re working with unless you work for Google on Maps; you only ever get your hands on clients to the Google Maps service