node/deps/v8/docs/runtime_functions.md
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Introduction

Much of the JavaScript library is implemented in JavaScript code itself, using a minimal set of C++ runtime functions callable from JavaScript. Some of these are called using names that start with %, and using the flag "--allow-natives-syntax". Others are only called by code generated by the code generators, and are not visible in JS, even using the % syntax.

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Here are the V8 runtime functions, their JS names, if they are visible, and their documentation. wiki:comment