Next-Gen JavaScript Interpreter Speeds Up WebKit 193
JavaScript is everywhere these days. Now WebKit, the framework behind (among others) Safari and Safari Mobile, as well as the yet-unreleased Android, is getting a new JavaScript engine called Squirrelfish, which the developers claim provides massive speedups over the previous one. The current iteration of the engine is "just the beginning," they claim; in the near future, six planned optimizations should bring even greater speed. With JavaScript surviving as a Web-page mainstay despite many early gripes, and now integral to some low-powered mobile devices, this may mean many fewer wasted seconds in the world.
I highly doubt fewer wasted seconds (Score:1, Funny)
squirrelfish? (Score:5, Funny)
Great name (Score:5, Funny)
Did someone make a rule that every new tech has to have a name that would make me sound like a fucking idiot if I tried to pitch it to my boss?
Re:squirrelfish? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great name (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great name (Score:3, Funny)
You obviously haven't had to explain to a CEO why the company runs on Eunuchs. Kids these days have it far too easy.