Subj : Re: architecture strategy: JSAPI or XPCOM?
To   : Jason
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon Mar 07 2005 01:55 pm

Jason wrote:
> Shanti wrote:
> 
>>Don't write any compiled code. Use my precompiled JS shell. Try to
> 
> read
> 
>>and understand http://www.jsdb.org/samples/readtek.js.txt
> 
> 
> ah, if only it were that easy...
> I hadn't considered writing the code in Javascript itself, which would
> be a definite plus if I were stuck on a desert island w/o a compiler (
> :o] ) , but the goal here is to permit reuse among different languages:
> at a minimum C/C++, MATLAB, Javascript, and Perl, each with minimum
> "ugliness" for users (e.g. simple black box use if people don't want to
> get into details).


Yeah, that's why I recommended XPIDL and XPCOM.


> Because of this, the DLL approach is a win for implementation (not to
> mention the fact that I am writing a GUI monitor program that needs to
> share resources with other apps that use the DLL: namely the serial
> port itself and some other shared memory), I just have to figure out
> how to handle the programmer's interface & JSAPI doesn't look too bad.


What were your reasons for not using XPIDL and a little XPCOM C++ glue?

/be

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