Javascript at 20
summary
Javascript originates as a 10‑day prototype that includes a bytecode interpreter and even a decompiler to support function.toString the early standard library is tiny arrays are just objects length exists loose equality coercion is added to satisfy form authors and Date inherits Java quirks later work seeds asm.js → WebAssembly and typed arrays typed objects and Dead Trigger 2 compiled from C++ to JS and Unreal/Unity demos run in browsers showing native C++ engines can compile to performant JS and WebAssembly engines land in V8 SpiderMonkey and JavaScriptCore.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:30Creating JS in 10 days
- 8:51ES3 to ES6 evolution
- 13:27JS typed subset asm.js
- 17:15WebAssembly’s modern role
- 20:01JS in games demo
- 26:18Why JS dominates
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