I think the point would be that modules written in JavaScript run in Node.jar, and that these people would write JavaScript modules, which would mean they are still compatible with the same registry without needing to fork.
On Oct 5, 2012, at October 5, 201210:03 PM, Johnny Honestly <[email protected]> wrote: > I never liked the name Javascript anyway, b/c of the Java confusion and > because the coffee fetish thing is, IMHO, below the awesomeness of the > language. > > Really tho, all I care is that they fork NPM so it doesn't get clogged with > java modules. > > > On Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:16:24 AM UTC-7, Jonathan Buchanan wrote: > I'm at JavaOne, for my sins, and I've been attending all the sessions related > to Oracle's new JavaScript implementation in Java, called Nashorn. > > What initially caught my eye was that they're also porting the Node.js APIs, > module system etc. in a project called Node.jar. Nashorn itself is going to > be open-source, but it sounds like it's hard to get a hold of Node.jar even > if you work for Oracle, and there are no plans to open-source Node.jar, but > it could be another deployment option in the future and another way to get at > multi-threading. > > These are what I can decipher from my scribbled notes: > > https://insin-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/JavaOne2012/meet_nashorn_bof.html > https://insin-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/JavaOne2012/nashorn_node_jpa_persistence_bof.html > > They at pains to point out they hadn't looked at any other implementations to > keep the JavaScript engine "pure", but it sounds like the Node port is trying > to reuse as much of the Node JS libs as possible and Node's tests. > > Has the Node dev team been involved with or consulted about any of this > stuff? > > --- > Jonny > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
