[Info-vax] Java on VMS, was: Re: So is there still a hobbyist program or not

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/21/2019 5:18 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 7/21/19 2:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I don't think node.js is available on VMS.
> 
> V8 has never been able to target IA64 or Alpha and would require
> gigantic development efforts to do so.  Node.js also uses libuv, which
> uses event handling primitives not available on VMS, though I think
> there have been rumors of a libevent implementation in progress.

I believe that the effort to port V8 to VMS Alpha or I64 would be huge.

Maybe it would be easier to get it running on Rhino/Nashorn (JVM).

Arne