Is JavaScriptCore not the WebKit JavaScript engine?
My point was that one of Chrome's main allures is V8, and if it's using stock WebKit (and therefore JavaScriptCore) there doesn't seem to be much point in using Chrome at all.
Well, both (desktop) Chrome and Safari are based on webkit, which I believe is the DOM rendering engine rather than the JS interpreter (nitro, v8, etc). Most users don't really care whats under the hood anyway, just that it works.
My point was that one of Chrome's main allures is V8, and if it's using stock WebKit (and therefore JavaScriptCore) there doesn't seem to be much point in using Chrome at all.