V8 is an important part of node.js, which uses the Google V8 Javascript engine. Building V8 on my windows box [Windows 7/64-bit] is going to take me hours of grabbing and installing tools I'm not familiar with (though I do use Cygwin). It'd save me a lot of headaches if there were some binary installers out there. Google search didn't return any obvious locations - do the guru's here know of any?
Even if you don't know of any for my exact environment, sharing others here would help folks in the same boat...
There is no V8 binary in node.js. Instead, V8 is bound into the node.js binary.
Just build it on Cygwin like everyone else. If, like me you have to use an XP SP3 Atom powered netbook, then type make, and go to bed. In the morning it is done.
0.5.0pre build fine on Cygwin.