1V8 JavaScript Engine
2=============
3
4V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.
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6V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262.
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8V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source
9browser from Google.
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11V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.
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13V8 Project page: https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki
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15
16Getting the Code
17=============
18
19Checkout [depot tools](http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools), and run
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21        fetch v8
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23This will checkout V8 into the directory `v8` and fetch all of its dependencies.
24To stay up to date, run
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26        git pull origin
27        gclient sync
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29For fetching all branches, add the following into your remote
30configuration in `.git/config`:
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32        fetch = +refs/branch-heads/*:refs/remotes/branch-heads/*
33        fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
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35
36Contributing
37=============
38
39Please follow the instructions mentioned on the
40[V8 wiki](https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki/Contributing).
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