By the way, node is built on V8. I get the impression that Ryan is not at all in...

DTrejo on March 2, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Node Ahead: JavaScript leaps from browser into...

By the way, node is built on V8. I get the impression that Ryan is not at all interested in inventing a new language. He is interested in a language that runs quickly. Anything outside of the scope of JS run on V8 inches into the "new language" designation. Basically, any syntax you couldn't use in the browser is a no-no.

Note: this is just my impression.

beagle3 on March 2, 2011 [–]

Lua under LuaJIT2 is way faster, _and_ has real coroutines. Shame about the browser requirement.