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Discussion on: Bun hype. How we learned nothing from Yarn

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Magne

This engine, optimized for web-related tasks and JavaScript execution, can indeed make a substantial difference in performance compared to Node.js, which relies on the V8 engine.

Is V8 not « optimized for web-related tasks and JavaScript execution» ?

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enapupe

JavascriptCore has a faster startup time, otherwise they benchmark similarly. V8 is a HIGHLY optimized JS engine. Both have pros and cons

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RAM PANDEY

Compared to webkit javascriptCore it is slow

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