Google V8 JavaScript Engine

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Project Summary

V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.

V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google.

V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition, and runs on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), and Linux systems that use IA-32 or ARM processors.

V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.

In a Nutshell, Google V8 JavaScript Engine...

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has had 72,019 commits made by 912 contributors
representing 2,307,245 lines of code
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is mostly written in C++
with a low number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by nobody
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 680 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in June, 2008
ending with its most recent commit almost 3 years ago

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