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Aug 2, 2018 var title = “How to read the V8 source code”; var info = { name: “Nikolay Stoitsev”, otherOptional: “Software Engineer at Uber” };

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Aug 2, 2018 Why reading source code?

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Aug 2, 2018 Learning in depth

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Aug 2, 2018 How?

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Aug 2, 2018 C++ 68.6% JavaScript 29.5% Python 1.4% HTML 0.2% TypeScript 0.1% C 0.1% Other 0.1%

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Aug 2, 2018 Implementation

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Aug 2, 2018 Implementation

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Aug 2, 2018 .js

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Aug 2, 2018 Parser .js AST

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Aug 2, 2018 Parser .js AST Ignition Bitecode TurboFan Machine code

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Aug 2, 2018 Parser .js AST Ignition Bitecode TurboFan Machine code Optimizer

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Aug 2, 2018 How JavaScript works: Parsing, Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) + 5 tips on how to minimize parse time

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Aug 2, 2018 How JavaScript works: Parsing, Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) + 5 tips on how to minimize parse time

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Aug 2, 2018 First look in ./src

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Aug 2, 2018 Parsing code is in ./src/parsing

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Aug 2, 2018 AST Nodes are defined in src/ast/ast.h

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Aug 2, 2018 BytecodeGenerator walks the AST and generate bytecode for each node

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Aug 2, 2018 BytecodeGenerator

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Aug 2, 2018 Read the tests!!!

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Aug 2, 2018 ./test/webkit

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Aug 2, 2018 ./test/webkit/array-reduce.js

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Aug 2, 2018 ./test/webkit/function-apply-aliased.js

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