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Before Node was popular, I tried a command-line JS engine called Narwhal. It was built by 280 North, and as I recall, it had pluggable engines. I remember bei
by bsimpson 11y ago
Before Node was popular, I tried a command-line JS engine called Narwhal. It was built by 280 North, and as I recall, it had pluggable engines. I remember being surprised at how much faster JSCore (Safari's) felt than the others.
Not being permanently coupled to a particular platform is probably a good thing for Node, and provides a healthy incentive for V8 to stay on-top of its game.