Which is kinda funny, since it is compiling to Java byte codes. Does this mean that Javascript VM's are out-performing Java VM's these days?
On 2009-12-02, at 12:57, Max Carlson wrote: > Yeah, I believe the original webtop server used Rhino. Not sure why that was > scrapped in favor of 'Pure Java' - probably for performance. Rhino is no > where near some of the more modern JS engines in terms of performance... > > P T Withington wrote: >> They never would have slipped that by the Times editors! >> I thought Adam's initial wt work used Javascript on the server? >> On 2009-12-01, at 22:53, Henry Minsky wrote: >>> That is a thought-provoking article. And we do need some kind of a standard >>> module system... >>> >>> I liked this quote >>> >>> >>> "In these post-QBasic times, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript have become for every >>> ungainly, bespectacled troglodyte the gateway from social exile to deeper >>> social exile." >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Max Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/12/commonjs-effort-sets-javascript-on-path-for-world-domination.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss >>>> >>>> Interesting! I'd love to be able to develop server-side code in >>>> JavaScript. I was just chatting with a friend (and OL developer) the other >>>> day about being able to describe server-side behavior as part of LZX, and >>>> have part of the application run on the server and part on the client. >>>> >>>> So many possibilities! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Max Carlson >>>> OpenLaszlo.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Henry Minsky >>> Software Architect >>> [email protected] > > -- > Regards, > Max Carlson > OpenLaszlo.org
