Many beginners think that nodejs is a programming language but it is not. Before getting into the relation between v8 and nodejs lets see what V8 actually is.
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- V8
V8
** V8V8 is a javascript engine. A javascript engine is used to interpret javascript code to machine code. There are different javascript engines ex: V8 for chrome, Chakra for IE, Spider monkey for Netscape etc.
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- nodejs and V8
nodejs and V8
** V8V8 is a browser engine whereas nodejs is built on top of V8 which is a runtime environment that gives javascript the power to run at the server-side.
Can Node.js work without V8?
Can Node.js work without V8?
Yes, but I have never used nodejs with other javascript engines.
