[Vm-dev] [VM-dev] Can we be a JavaScript engine?

[Denis Kudriashov]

2018-02-20 16:04 GMT+01:00 Clément Bera <bera.clement at gmail.com>:

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> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:56 PM, Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk at gmail.com>
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>> Hi.
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>> It is just a question from the space :)
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>> I wonder, can we be a JavaScript engine? Like replacing nodeJs with
>> Pharo/Squeak.
>> I imagine that JS prototypes can be easily supported by anonymous
>> classes. What is missing?
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> Not really. Efficient prototypes requires deep VM changes in memory
> representation of objects.
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Performance is another question.
But we can only measure it if we will be able to run JS code.


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>> Best regards,
>> Denis
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