V8 and How It Listens to You
The JavaScript language gets ever more powerful, but more complex to implement and deliver good performance. Learn about V8's new compiler pipeline.
Michael Stanton at JSNation 2017
The JavaScript language gets ever more powerful, but more complex to implement and deliver good performance. V8 has a new compiler pipeline and a unified approach to collecting feedback about your application. I’ll explain how we do it and present some problems. For example, in complex systems, facile "solutions" often distort the environment in unexpected ways. Welcome to the jungle *__*.