If it’s a scripting language as the name implies it must be written in a lower level language right? Like how PHP is written in C what language is JavaScript written in?
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If it’s a scripting language as the name implies it must be written in a lower level language right? Like how PHP is written in C what language is JavaScript written in?
Javascript is just a standard, more formally known as ECMAScript. It can be implemented in any language, just like any standard.
Chrome’s Javascript engine, V8, is written in C++.
From the project page:
Firefox’s Javascript engine, SpiderMonkey (and now TraceMonkey) is also written in C++. And as maerics below said, Rhino is written in Java.