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0 pointsaikah11y ago0 comments

I wonder why Mozilla didnt/couldnt jump in the ship and propose a viable alternative to node/V8,I know there is a node/spidermonkey project somewhere but it isnt maintained.

V8 api changes made a lot of binary modules break and it will happen again,so it is a problem on the long run.Of course NodeJS team cant maintain V8.

But please dont throw that problem under the carpet,It's a real issue.

> Google maintaining V8 is one of the big reasons why Node has been successful.

Sure,but it doesnt guarantee Nodejs survival on the long run.Look, nodejs is an awesome project,i'm not here to question that fact.I use nodejs everyday I love it.I just cant trust Google on anything on the long run.

Do V8 team consult with nodejs team,listen to their suggestion ? (that a question).Is it a bidirectional relationship or a unilateral one?

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brokenparser11y ago

There exists "gjs" and "js" ("smjs" in Debian), both of which are being maintained.

cwmma11y ago

TJ (the node lead) has suggested, fairly recently that making it easy to use other engine is something he is open to, at a node.js on the road event he mentioned that in his ideas for study so the line.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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brokenparser11y ago

There exists "gjs" and "js" ("smjs" in Debian), both of which are being maintained.

cwmma11y ago

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse