Javascript bytecode

[Joakim]

On Thursday, 20 December 2012 at 01:41:38 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> On 12/19/2012 4:54 PM, Rob T wrote:
>> One question I have for you, is what percentage performance 
>> gain can you expect
>> to get by using a well chosen bytecode-like language verses 
>> interpreting
>> directly from source code?
>
> I know of zero claims that making a bytecode standard for 
> javascript will improve performance.
One data point along this line, the most popular javascript 
implementation these days is v8, which is implemented as a 
javascript compiler, not with bytecode:

http://wingolog.org/archives/2011/08/02/a-closer-look-at-crankshaft-v8s-optimizing-compiler

More interesting posts about v8 on that blog:

http://wingolog.org/tags/v8