EXPLORING V8'S STRINGS: IMPLEMENTATION AND OPTIMIZATIONS

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

This is a technical look at how the JavaScript V8 engine handles strings, including the optimizations used that allow it to go toe to toe with languages like C++. It goes through various string types and implementations, comparing their purposes and describing how they perform in various scenarios. The author uses an example script that fetches and processes web page data to show some of the drawbacks of V8’s optimizations.