Re: JavaScript to Lua compiler

[Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@...>]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Jakub Piotr Cłapa <jpc-ml@zenburn.net> wrote:
> 1. Allow JS programmers to easily script Lua programs.

if they keep writing JS, they won't get any benefit from the Lua underpinning.

> 2. Provide the worlds smallest JavaScript implementation (both Lua or LuaJIT
> are smaller than any JS VM out there).

some of that size is bloat, sure; but i guess most of it is because JS
itself.  bad designs lead to heavy implementations.

> 3. Maybe even compare performance of some non-trivial programs (V8/nodejs
> vs. LuaJIT2/luvit).

you're comparing apples to oranges dressed as apples.  won't be fair.


-- 
Javier