v8: switch to Isolates to enable JS multi-threading

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Major - P3
    • 2.1.0
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    • Component/s: JavaScript
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      Right now v8 using a single (implicit) Isolate.
      Preemption is possible but still only 1 thread can execute at a time.
      Also we added our own mutex to prevent preemption.

      Switching to Isolates and removing the mutex would allow full multithreading.

              Assignee:
              Antoine Girbal (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              Antoine Girbal (Inactive)
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