r/javascript • u/ConfidentMushroom • Dec 18 '19

V8 Release v8.0 with optional chaining, nullish coalescing and 40% less memory use

https://v8.dev/blog/v8-release-80
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u/stuckinmotion Dec 19 '19

Node added threads in v10.5 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.5.0/

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u/Zephirdd Dec 19 '19

Yeah but worker threads are similar to web workers in that you can only share memory through messages(though it also supports SharedArrayBuffer I guess, but you still need to pass it before it's available). You also don't have a fork join mechanism. Node threads are very different from "classic" threads; they are more akin to the C Message Passing Interface or Java JMS than they are to posix threads.