Ha! After all the work I did to rip out Jython you want me to cast the compiler back into another dynamic language?
On 2009-12-02, at 13:27, Max Carlson wrote: > I don't know about JVM vs JavaScriptCore/V8 performance. But I do know that > Rhino has a lot of overhead when moving stuff across the Java/JavaScript > divide, which may have been a pain point. > > Last night I was fantasizing about embedding Rhino in the compiler so we > could hack the AST with something more dynamic than Java. Not sure how > practical that is, but it could be cool to play with when you're done with > all the compiler refactoring! > > P T Withington wrote: >> 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 > > -- > Regards, > Max Carlson > OpenLaszlo.org
