Do comments affect performance?

Question

Am I correct to say that JavaScript code isn\'t compiled, not even JIT? If so, does that mean that comments have an affect on performance, and I should be very careful where I p

Answer 1

It may have some effect. Very minimalistic effect, though (even IE6 handles comments correctly ! to be confirmed...).

However, most people use a minifier that strips off comments. So it's okay.

Also:

V8 increases performance by compiling JavaScript to native machine code before executing it.

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