Comment on Assembling WebAssemblyparentComments−TazeTSchnitzel9yIs “interpreting” necessarily faster?Consider also this is perhaps a false distinction. V8 always produces machine code when running JS IIRC. And that code is JITed doesn't mean the entire module is.−saamyjoon9yV8 used to do this. Now they have a JS interpreter called Ignition.−bzbarsky9yV8 always produces machine code when running JS IIRC.They used to. They stopped doing that because it made initial load too slow...
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Is “interpreting” necessarily faster?
Consider also this is perhaps a false distinction. V8 always produces machine code when running JS IIRC. And that code is JITed doesn't mean the entire module is.
V8 used to do this. Now they have a JS interpreter called Ignition.
They used to. They stopped doing that because it made initial load too slow...