Is JavaScript actually easy to integrate with Java?
> On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Fengyang Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I learned Julia recently, and I must say it has been incredible for > scientific work. I am in love with the clean, modern syntax. Props to the > developers for their tireless efforts to improve this language even further! > > Historically, Lua and Javascript have been the most common choices for > scripting languages in larger projects... Lua because it is so easy to > integrate with C(++), and Javascript primarily because it is so easy to > integrate with Java. I would like Julia to fill this role for one of my > current projects, but I have identified some hurdles. > For now, security is not important because scripts are assumed to be trusted. > However, a plan for scripts to eventually be downloaded from the Internet is > in the works. I could not find a Julia sandbox, however. Does such a sandbox > exist? > My customers may not necessarily be computer-literate, and I can't expect > them to install Julia. Also, due to the rapid pace of Julia development, it > may be advantageous to install a portable Julia entirely for this project > only. My project currently targets Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX. Is there a > portable way to install a portable Julia, or will I have to create separate > installation code for each OS? > My current understanding is that I should write the public API in Julia, and > use ccall internally to call back into my project. Is this the correct method? > Thanks in advance!
