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brew install boa v0.21.1 MIT OR Unlicense

Embeddable and experimental Javascript engine written in Rust

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ecmascript hacktoberfest interpreter javascript javascript-engine javascript-interpreter parser runtime rust rust-crate wasm webassembly

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