I'm getting confused by all the monkeys. SpiderMonkey is the "script engine". JagerMonkey is the current JIT for SpiderMonkey, and IonMonkey is an improvement over JagerMonkey. ??? The naming needs to ...

Java and JavaScript are the most popular programming languages by most metrics, in no small part because they're widely taught and allow for rapid and stable development. But JavaScript and Java ...

1. This is a great example of a classic computer science performance tradeoff: optimize up front at great cost, for lower cost successive execution, or don't optimize at no cost, but pay the price ...

Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by 'cheating', according to the ...

Mozilla has just rolled out OdinMonkey, a new module for Firefox's JavaScript engine that promises to speed up JavaScript execution beyond your wildest dreams. If you were drawn to Chrome because of ...

After more than 18 months of hard graft, Mozilla has finally succeeded in landing a big addition to Firefox's JavaScript engine that, upon initial testing, speeds up the web -- or at least the vast ...

‘Super-fast’ non-optimizing Sparkplug compiler, which compiles bytecode to machine code, makes its debut in V8 9.1 and Chrome 91. With the Sparkplug compiler, Google is looking to improve JavaScript ...

Placed in Firefox 3.1 development tree this week, TraceMonkey adds native code compilation to JavaScript engine and speeds up Web apps Mozilla this week is touting technology to boost performance of ...

Google rolled out the latest version of its browser this week with the ability to freeze Tab Groups and have PWAs launch on startup. Under-the-hood, Chrome 91 is 23% faster, thanks to a pair of ...