Subj : Menushell.js
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Aug 24 2020 09:19 pm

  Re: Menushell.js
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Aug 24 2020 08:09 pm

 >> It was the Mozilla JavaScript engine.  Initially I tried using
 >> Google's JS engine, but it seemed a bit complicated to embed.  Then I
 >> looked at Mozilla's JS engine (I was inspired to use it due to
 >> Synchronet), and I was able to embed Mozilla's JS engine into a couple
 >> of C++ test applications. 

 DM> Cool. What version of SpiderMonkey, if you remember?

I don't remember offhand.  It was about 5 years ago.

 DM> I embedded SpiderMonkey into a set-top box test application (at work) with
 DM> a web UI back in the early 2000's, about the same time I chose it for
 DM> Synchronet's FTP server and eventually everything else. 

That sounds cool.

 DM> Ah, cool. I might take a look at v8 again, but I'm planning to update to
 DM> the latest SpiderMonkey at some point, which is expected to be painful. 

I think the main appeal of Google's V8 engine was that it was supposed to be very fast.  But for something that's embedded into the apps we were using, I think Mozilla's JS engine was plenty fast.  What benefit do you think there would be to using Google's V8 JS engine over Mozilla's JS engine with Synchronet?

Nightfox

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