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by josephg 1540 days ago
It depends on what "Javascript engine" means, and what sort of javascript you want to execute.

If you want something that can run ES5 code, this might be your ticket. But if you want something that can run "modern javascript" (where the meaning of "modern" changes over time), then IE11/Trident won't help. It doesn't even support ES6, which came out in 2015. Modern websites often depend on javascript language features newer than that. Npm packages are the same.

[1] https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/