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by lioeters 1393 days ago
"Run JavaScript" is a misnomer, it compiles JS -> bytecode and "runs" that.
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seanw444 1393 days ago
"Run bytecode" is a misnomer, it compiles bytecode -> machine code and "runs" that.
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cheeselip420 1392 days ago
"Runs machine code" is a misnomer, the CPU will translate machine code to microcode and "run" that.
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tantalor 1392 days ago
It might, if the code can be optimized. There are all sorts of reasons why it might not. For example, at one point in time, a switch statement with more than 128 cases could not be optimized.

https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird/wiki/Optimization-k...

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