If a JavaScript function is called more than six times, or loops more than 100 times, it gets fed into the next stage: a basic JIT compiler that produces executable code.

At first, Emscripten sounds like the punch line to a tech joke: a compiler that converts C/C++ code into Asm.js, a subset of JavaScript that can then run via a Web browser or in the Node.js framework.

The beta open source Joy compiler takes on the same task as GopherJS: to bring Go language approaches to JavaScript development Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data centers ...

IonMonkey JavaScript will debut with Firefox 18 in early ... Mozilla is working on a new JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compiler architecture for Firefox’s SpiderMonkey script engine that will ...

The popular open source Babel compiler that makes modern JavaScript compatible with older environments has shipped in version 7 and, with help from Microsoft, now supports TypeScript. Babel , a ...