V8 JavaScript Engine 8.0 Reduces Heap by 40%

The latest release of Google’s V8 JavaScript engine, V8 8.0, uses pointer compression to reduce heap size by 40% and with no performance hit. Additionally, it adds support for optional chaining using the ?. operator and for nullish coalescence using ??. V… Read more

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The new async/await is an immensely useful language feature that hides the complexity of asynchronous code and makes it look like it’s working in a synchronous way. The code example below does not look complicated at all, just a few awaits here and there.... (more…)

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