title: Is Javascript a programming language?
body: <p>Since V8 compiles JavaScript into assembler, may we say that in the Chrome environment JavaScript is not anymore a script language but a programming language instead?</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>V8 compiles JavaScript source code directly into machine code when it
    is first executed. There are no intermediate byte codes, no
    interpreter.</p>
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  <p><a href="https://developers.google.com/v8/design#mach_code" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developers.google.com/v8/design#mach_code</a></p>
  
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  <p>The very same question has been (better) debated here 10 months ago:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11420954/can-javascript-be-considered-a-interpreted-language-when-using-google-chrome-v8?rq=1">Can Javascript be considered a interpreted language when using Google Chrome (V8)?</a></p>