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Interpreted vs compiled, ECMAScript basics, and JavaScript engines

JavaScript is specified by ECMAScript, and modern engines use parsing, JIT compilation, and optimization rather than pure line-by-line interpretation.

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Interpreted vs compiled, ECMAScript basics, and JavaScript engines

JavaScript is specified by ECMAScript, and modern engines use parsing, JIT compilation, and optimization rather than pure line-by-line interpretation.

ECMAScript is the language standard
Engines implement the spec
Modern engines optimize hot code paths

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Interpreted vs compiled, ECMAScript basics, and JavaScript engines