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scriptproof
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V8: A Tale of TurboFan
That is irrelevant. On a typed and mostly static language all is 100x easier to compile too.
NiLSPACE
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Lua is a dynamic language though.
scriptproof
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You are right. What is the magic formula to make the JIT so fast?
pjako
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Javascript has some features that makes it hard to be JITed. For example it has no fixed object layout. If you are interested into how language design impacts performance this is worth reading:
http://wren.io/performance.html
throwawayish
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JavaScript is typed as well.
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