Guest lecture by Lars Bak (Google) at TUT

I listened to Lars Bak's (Google) talk on Google Chrome javascript engine (V8). He is famous for his work, among others, on HotSpot Java VM and CLDC HotSpot VM for Mobile Edition Java.

I understood that with V8 Google wants to drive the whole industry forward in javascript performance. Since javascript applications need to target all browsers, they must follow the constraints set by the weakest of them. By open sourcing V8 Google wants to set the standard and indicate other browser vendors on how to reach that. Very interesting strategy.

Pushing JavaScript Performance in Google Chrome
Guest lecture by Lars Bak (Google)

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