• A framework that serves as a JavaScript engine for WebKit implementations and enables JavaScript scripting within native macOS and iOS applications. Originally derived from KDE’s KJS library and the PCRE library, it has since evolved into a high-performance engine featuring multiple just-in-time (JIT) compilation layers. JavaScriptCore was officially presented in 2002.

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