[TazeTSchnitzel]

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.

[saamyjoon]

V8 used to do this. Now they have a JS interpreter called Ignition.

[bzbarsky]

> V8 always produces machine code when running JS IIRC.

They used to. They stopped doing that because it made initial load too slow...