I think a big part of the point is to build a js runtime for existing js code and libraries. Probably it will not replace node soon, but it is a possible outco

I think a big part of the point is to build a js runtime for existing js code and libraries. Probably it will not replace node soon, but it is a possible outcome. Also didn't luajit had the problem that it would never move to more recent version of lua? I remember that some years ago there was some talking about this.