[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/23/2018 11:44 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2018-01-23 15:38:54 +0000, jaybraun2.0 at gmail.com said:
>> My take on JavaScript and node.js:
>>
>> Far more helpful for OpenVMS to remain a viable server-side option 
>> using existing OpenVMS tools...
> 
> JavaScript also increasingly gets used server-side.

Yes.

>                                                   Running the same 
> language everywhere has some merits.

Yes. The idea is not new. In fact that was one of NetScapes
ideas back in the mid 90's.

>                                    For now, Mozilla Rhino might be 
> enough for those folks.

I don't think node runs on Rhino or the newer Nashorn.

Hmm - some googling finds:

https://github.com/killmag10/nodeschnaps

>                     Maybe Google V8, depending on the specific 
> details of its portability.

C++, already running on Windows and number of *nixes, already
running on multiple CPU ISA, limited OS access need.

I have not looked at the code. But it does not sound that
difficult.

I have no idea if there is a business case.

Arne