[Laszlo-dev] CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination

[Max Carlson]

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 <max at openlaszlo.org> 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
>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com
> 

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Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org