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V8 JavaScript Engine
V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.
V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google.
V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition, and runs on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), and Linux systems that use IA-32 or ARM processors.
V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.
You can find more information here:
- The V8 documentation page which includes instructions on downloading and building V8.
- Performance documentation covering the performance goals of V8, and instructions on how to run the V8 benchmark suite.
- User mailing list: https://groups.google.com/group/v8-users
- The V8 contributor wiki page.
V8 on YouTube
V8: an open source JavaScript engine.
Google engineer Lars Bak explains the key engineering decisions behind V8, the JavaScript virtual machine used in Google Chrome. (5:21)
V8 - the Chrome Engine
From Google Developer Day 2008 in London. Kevin Millikin discusses Google Chrome with a particular emphasis on V8, the JS engine, as well as the challenges of implementing JS, how V8 works, and the future direction of V8. (50:07)

