Exploring the Impact of JIT Compilation on JS Code
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Exploring the Impact of JIT Compilation on JavaScript Code Historical and Technical Context The Evolution of JavaScript Execution JavaScript, originally conceived by Brendan Eich in 1995, was designed as a lightweight scripting language for web browsers. However, as applications grew more complex and required increased performance, the need for optimization became paramount. The traditional interpretation of JavaScript code—parsing it sequentially—proved to be a