On Sep 12, 7:12 am, "Simon Ask Ulsnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I would like to know if anyone here but me is interested in the > prospect of a general standard library for JavaScript, that would > finally make JavaScript available as a general-purpose programming > language? > > V8 is obviously well-suited for applications outside the browser > space, and performance-wise it's already way ahead of other popular > scripting languages. > > The only things that are needed are: > > *) A well-defined interpreter driver (shell.cc is a good starting point) > *) A general-purpose standard library (IO, threads, sockets, etc.) > > I have a nearly complete implementation of a shell and an IO library > (still POSIX-only). > > Does anyone know of similar endeavours? > If not, would anyone care to join me in the epic quest to turn > JavaScript general? :-P > > If there is interest, I can publish my work on github or similar.
I don't have much bandwidth for development but you can count me in as a beta tester. I would definitely be interested. Thanks, Matthieu > > Yours, > Simon > > P.S. I was at the Tech Talk at the IT-University in Copenhagen last > Tuesday, and I must say: Congratulations to the V8 team, you have done > a fantastic job! There is always room for improvement, but I am > extremely impressed with what you have accomplished thus far, and I > hope the rest of the community is as excited as I am about the > possibilities this brings us. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
