A presentation I presented at Node+JS Interactive 2019 in Montreal, Canada where I go through the history of VMs and JavaScript engines in particular, explaining about the historical context I believe it made move things into the path we're on today. On a brief note I also talk about what I think we can expect for the short future. Check the slides here.
Resources:
- The story of a V8 performance cliff in React
- Demystifying js engines
- Dynamic Compilation and Adaptive Optimization in Virtual Machines
- Personal computers in the world
- What are the most common RAM specs for smartphones?
- PWN2OWN 2019 (Day 1)
- PWN2OWN VANCOUVER 2019: DAY TWO RESULTS
- JavaScriptCore, the WebKit JS implementation
- Internet growth stats