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[17:46:10 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Basically, ever vendor has their own JS engine
[17:46:25 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> what does node use?
[17:46:25 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> Despite Google and Apple sharing WebKit, they don't share the underlying JS engine
[17:46:28 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> V8
[17:47:01 CST(-0600)] <thealphanerd> and each engine implements the w3c standard?
[17:47:11 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> The ECMA standard, yes
[17:47:18 CST(-0600)] <colinclark> JavaScript has never been part of the W3C