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Nashorn [ˈnaːsˌhɔɐ̯n] ("nahss-horn") is the German translation of rhinoceros, a play on words on Rhino, the name of a JavaScript engine implemented in Java and provided by Mozilla Foundation. The latter gets its name from the animal on the cover of the JavaScript book from O'Reilly Media.cite-ref-13[13]

According to Oracle benchmarks, Nashorn performance is several orders of magnitude faster than the alternative Rhino JavaScript engine.cite-ref-14[14]

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cite-note-11. ↑ citereflaskey2011Laskey, James (July 2011). "Adventures in JSR-292 or How To Be A Duck Without Really Trying" (PDF). Oracle Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2011-07-24.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Proposed new schedule for Java 8". 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-19.

cite-note-33. ↑ "JDK 8". OpenJDK. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-19.

cite-note-44. ↑ "JVM Language Summit — Agenda". Oracle Corporation. July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2011-07-24.

cite-note-55. ↑ citerefsaab2011Saab, Georges (2011-07-19). "JVM Language Summit: Moving Java Forward, aka 'Pointy haired manager talk'" (PDF). Oracle Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-07-24.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefkrill2011Krill, Paul (2011-10-05). "Oracle prepping its Nashorn JavaScript engine". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

cite-note-77. ↑ citerefcoomes2012Coomes, John (2012-11-21). "CFV: New Project: Nashorn". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-24. I hereby propose the creation of the Nashorn Project with Jim Laskey as the Lead and HotSpot group as the sponsoring Group. In accordance with the OpenJDK guidelines [1], we would like to start a new project to implement a lightweight high-performance JavaScript runtime in Java with a native JVM

cite-note-88. ↑ citereflaskey2012Laskey, J (2012-12-21). "Open for business". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-21.

cite-note-99. ↑ "Java Platform, Standard Edition Java API Reference".

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