V8 3.17.9 (revision 13885)

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It was written using C++ and implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 5th edition.

V8 can be used by developers to simply compile and run JS code.

As an extra, it will also manage dynamic memory allocation for objects.

To ease development, V8 can easily be made to run as a standalone, or embedded with any C++ application.

Here are some key features of "V8":

Supported platforms:
· Windows (XP or newer)
· Mac OS X (10.5 or newer)
· Linux systems that use IA-32, x64, or ARM processors

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Restored Function()'s expected string representation.
· Enabled deprecatations (again).
· Avoid bool to Oddball conversions by being lazy.
· Added %p option to --logfile.
· Hardened Function()'s parsing of function literals.
· ES6 symbols: Refine test for getOwnPropertyNames.
· Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.

Via: V8 3.17.9 (revision 13885)