Higgs, an experimental JavaScript engine written in D, uses novel approaches to speed up JavaScript -- and could inspire similar projects An experimental new JavaScript compiler could provide useful ...

Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by 'cheating', according to the ...

JavaScript is the foundation of the modern web. From simple button clicks to complex web applications, almost everything interactive you see online runs on JavaScript. Whether you are a beginner ...

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The beta open source Joy compiler takes on the same task as GopherJS: to bring Go language approaches to JavaScript development Developers wanting to use the Google Go language, aka Golang, for web ...

In an effort to keep Firefox competitive with commercial browsers and handle the ever-heavier burden that interactive webpages put on browsers’ scripting engines, Mozilla is working on a new ...

We looked last week at some of the things that can influence the speed of programming languages and how different approaches to running code can influence program performance. Some work described by ...