V8 3.18.5 (revision 14512)

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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 ]

· Allowed setting debugger breakpoints on CompareNilICs.
· Fixed beyond-heap load on x64 Crankshafted StringCharFromCode.
· Change 'Parse error' to three more informative messages.
· Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.

Via: V8 3.18.5 (revision 14512)