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I was hoping this would be getting V8 to run on the bare metal, removing the need for an operating system underneath. That part would be very cool.
by octo_t 12y ago
I was hoping this would be getting V8 to run on the bare metal, removing the need for an operating system underneath. That part would be very cool.
- ema 12y agoDrivers written in JavaScript? Sounds like an insane hack. For performance uncritical stuff it might be worth using a language with GC, but if it is performance uncritical you should be doing it in userspace anyway.
- diminish 12y agoWhen will V8 itself be written in js and emulate a v8.
- cpeterso 12y agoMozilla Research did this a few years ago: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Narcissus https://wiki.mozilla.org/Narcissus