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0 pointsbpye7y ago0 comments

I quite like Duktape because it is really simple to embed as well. The V8 API is comparitively pretty complicated.

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I'd like to check that out. Unfortunately, like other projects that idiotically adopt a generic name that can't be Googled without returning an endless swamp of irrelevant results, I can't seem to find any info on "duct tape" as it relates to JavaScript interpreters. Any good pointers?

The use case in question: a few years ago I embedded V8 in a Win32 app with a single .DLL and header file, but V8 has exploded in complexity since then and no longer appears suitable for lightweight applications, meaning anything smaller than a full-fledged Web browser. I need to upgrade that interpreter at some point, so I'm definitely in the market for something comparable to what V8 used to be.

Kind of unfortunate, but I'm hardly the user the V8 team has in mind.

bpyeOP7y ago

For anyone that is interested, duktape ( https://www.duktape.org/ ).

The API docs are at https://www.duktape.org/api.html , it's a C API and it's pretty easy to work with and bind native code. I kinda wish that more JIT compiled languages had an API as nice as LuaJIT.

CamperBob27y ago

Thanks, that was the trick I was missing. Will have a look.

jjnoakes7y ago

Google duktape, not duct tape.

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CamperBob27y ago

Kind of unfortunate, but I'm hardly the user the V8 team has in mind.

bpyeOP7y ago

For anyone that is interested, duktape ( https://www.duktape.org/ ).

The API docs are at https://www.duktape.org/api.html , it's a C API and it's pretty easy to work with and bind native code. I kinda wish that more JIT compiled languages had an API as nice as LuaJIT.

CamperBob27y ago

Thanks, that was the trick I was missing. Will have a look.

jjnoakes7y ago

Google duktape, not duct tape.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse