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Discussion on: Are we "developers" gatekeeping "knowledge" from our juniors and peers? 🤦

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Tanel Liiv

There is no such thing as "javascript jvm". JVM is Java Virtual Machine, a name for a specific virtual machine meant to run Java bytecode. Javascript has specific VMs - eg. SpiderMonkey and V8. Or just call it a "javascript vm".

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Eugene Cheah

Thanks! I changed it to "javascript engine" to avoid confusion

Memory is a bit foggy - but I do believe the original line was more like "Doesn't the javascript engine, automatically optimize such execution, like the Java JVM?"

Edited for clarity =)