SpiderMonkey

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SpiderMonkey is Mozilla's open-source JavaScript engine, written in C/C++ and used primarily in the Firefox web browser.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf JavaScript engine
free and open-source software
software library
category Mozilla technology
scripting engine
developer Mozilla
feature WebAssembly support
baseline JIT
generational garbage collection
incremental garbage collection
just-in-time compilation
optimizing JIT
firstAppearedIn Netscape Navigator 2
hasComponent JIT compiler
bytecode compiler
garbage collector
interpreter
parser
implements ECMAScript
license MPL 2.0
maintainer Mozilla JavaScript team
nameOrigin named after a toy spider monkey in Netscape offices
operatingSystem cross-platform
originalAuthor Brendan Eich
partOf Mozilla Firefox
programmingLanguage C
C++
repository https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/js/src
supports C API
C++ API
debugging API
embedding API
supportsLanguageFeature async functions
generators
proxies
typed arrays
supportsStandard ECMAScript 2015
ECMAScript 2016
ECMAScript 2017
ECMAScript 2018
ECMAScript 2019
ECMAScript 2020
ECMAScript 5
usedIn Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Firefox
GNOME Shell
Mozilla SeaMonkey
Thunderbird
writtenFor embedding in applications

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mozilla ("SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine")
develops
Mozilla Firefox
JavaScriptEngine
JavaScript
notableImplementation
Mozilla
notableWork
ChakraCore
relatedTo

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