Whats the difference between V8 and ES8

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387 views Asked by user8524903 At 27 August 2017 at 22:51

I am wondering what is the difference between V8 and the ES8?

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**zerkms** · Answer 1 · 2017-08-27 22:54:00

zerkms On 27 August 2017 at 22:54

ES8 (or better name it ES2017) is the programming language standard.

And V8 is the implementation of that standard from Google.

**toriningen** · Answer 2 · 2017-08-27 22:54:07

The same as between raven and writing desk.

V8 is an engine — it's software that executes your Javascript code.

ES8, which is short for ECMAScript version 8, is the standard of Javascript language. V8 may support different versions of ECMAScript.