Emscripten C/C++-to-JavaScript project uses a back-end derived from LLVM for greater speed and a more dedicated compiler.

Google says its new JavaScript compiler saves 17 years of Chrome users' CPU time each day. It should also benefit all Chromium browsers that use it.

Web developers can use the OCaml language to write JavaScript code through the BuckleScript compiler, which has now gone to a 1.0 release. Open-sourced by news services provider Bloomberg ...

Sparkplug adds another compiler and “strikes a balance” between the two in that it generates native machine code, but doesn’t depend on information learned while executing the JavaScript code.

Sparkplug is a new JavaScript compiler that fills the gap between needing to start executing quickly and optimizing the code for maximum performance.