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

[P T Withington]

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 <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
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Max Carlson
> OpenLaszlo.org