io.js is a JavaScript platform built on Chrome's V8 runtime. This project began as a fork of Joyent's Node.js™ and is compatible with the npm ecosystem. Why? io.js aims to provide faster and predictable release cycles. It currently merges in the latest language, API and performance improvements to V8 while also updating libuv and other base libraries.
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Why are native ES6 promises slower and more memory-intensive than bluebird?
In this benchmark, the suite takes 4 times longer to complete with ES6 promises compared to Bluebird promises, and uses 3.6 times as much memory.
How can a JavaScript library be so much faster and lighter than v8's native implementation written in…
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How can I ensure my JavaScript code will run in both Node.js and Io.js
With the danger of fragmentation due to the fork in Node, how can I make sure a "Node" project will run across both Node and its fork?
The hope is that they will join together again once Joyent and the creators of io.js resolve their differences but…
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