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

[Denis Kudriashov]

Java can do it. I found https://ringojs.org and Oracle Nashorn
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-nashorn-2126515.html>
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And interesting performance comparison
http://pieroxy.net/blog/2015/06/29/node_js_vs_java_nashorn.html

2018-02-20 16:44 GMT+01:00 Denis Kudriashov <dionisiydk at gmail.com>:

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> 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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>> --
>> Clément Béra
>> Pharo consortium engineer
>> https://clementbera.wordpress.com/
>> Bâtiment B 40, avenue Halley 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
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