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Out of sheer curiosity, I wonder if duktape can run node? If so, I would think it to be possible to repackage node libraries as ruby gems. Not saying this would

Out of sheer curiosity, I wonder if duktape can run node? If so, I would think it to be possible to repackage node libraries as ruby gems. Not saying this would be a good idea, I am just wondering if it would be possible.

troels 12y ago
Ruby gems? How'd you figure that?
- BillinghamJ 12y ago
  You can very easily expose C/C++ libraries to Ruby. Totally native too - not hacking it together.
  - troels 12y ago
    Right - but node.js is already a C++ project, so I don't see the difference?
- mrinterweb 12y ago
  Ruby gems can be written using C extensions.
mcantelon 12y ago
Node = V8 + libuv, so they'd likely have to integrate with libuv.
- tlrobinson 12y ago
  Not Node.js-compatible, but there are libuv bindings: https://github.com/creationix/dukluv https://github.com/creationix/dukluv
  - creationix 12y ago
    It could be node compatible. I'm just not done. Personally though I prefer the libuv APIs over the node APIs.
    - sitkack 12y ago
      Doesn't a node shim at least get all the libs from NPM?
bigtunacan 12y ago
I'm not sure this is a good idea either; but if it's possible we need to do it just because we can!
checker 12y ago
sheer - nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis). shear - cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).
- mrinterweb 12y ago
  Thank you checker. Attention to spelling detail is not one of my strong suits.
byroot 12y ago
It's already done often, especially for frontend gems. See execjs [0]. [0] https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs
- mrinterweb 12y ago
  I'm surprised I haven't heard to that gem. I would assume that adding Duktape as another supported runtime to execjs would be possible.
  - byroot 12y ago
    It's what power the coffeescript and uglifier support in Rails. You may not have heard of it, but you likely used it.
  - joshpeek 12y ago
    Ha, I guess someone started this awhile ago. https://github.com/judofyr/duktape.rb https://github.com/judofyr/duktape.rb I opened a PR update it to 1.0.
  - joshpeek 12y ago
    If someone publishes a ruby-duktap c extension, I'll definitely get that supported in ExecJS.

troels 12y ago

Ruby gems? How'd you figure that?

BillinghamJ 12y ago
You can very easily expose C/C++ libraries to Ruby. Totally native too - not hacking it together.
- troels 12y ago
  Right - but node.js is already a C++ project, so I don't see the difference?
mrinterweb 12y ago
Ruby gems can be written using C extensions.

mcantelon 12y ago

Node = V8 + libuv, so they'd likely have to integrate with libuv.

tlrobinson 12y ago
Not Node.js-compatible, but there are libuv bindings: https://github.com/creationix/dukluv https://github.com/creationix/dukluv
- creationix 12y ago
  It could be node compatible. I'm just not done. Personally though I prefer the libuv APIs over the node APIs.
  - sitkack 12y ago
    Doesn't a node shim at least get all the libs from NPM?

bigtunacan 12y ago

I'm not sure this is a good idea either; but if it's possible we need to do it just because we can!

checker 12y ago

sheer - nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis). shear - cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).

mrinterweb 12y ago
Thank you checker. Attention to spelling detail is not one of my strong suits.

byroot 12y ago

It's already done often, especially for frontend gems. See execjs [0]. [0] https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs

mrinterweb 12y ago
I'm surprised I haven't heard to that gem. I would assume that adding Duktape as another supported runtime to execjs would be possible.
- byroot 12y ago
  It's what power the coffeescript and uglifier support in Rails. You may not have heard of it, but you likely used it.
- joshpeek 12y ago
  Ha, I guess someone started this awhile ago. https://github.com/judofyr/duktape.rb https://github.com/judofyr/duktape.rb I opened a PR update it to 1.0.
- joshpeek 12y ago
  If someone publishes a ruby-duktap c extension, I'll definitely get that supported in ExecJS.