The V8 engine is apparently tied to the Intel architecture, which would complicate doing and maintaining a port. Unless someone finishes a V8-to-POWER port, there isn't much hope for a native solution.
However, it might be premature to rule out a Java vector....
Oracle has been working on a replacement JavaScript engine called Nashorn, which is ES5 compliant and makes use of core architectural changes in Java 7+ that provide a performance boost for dynamic languages. Nashorn will replace Rhino as the JS engine in Java 8. Mozilla hasn't put any resources behind Rhino in years, and it's fallen behind in both performance and compliance.
Oracle apparently demo'd some things using Nashorn at JavaOne, including a build of Chrome that uses Nashorn instead of V8 and a port of "Node APIs" to Nashorn.
http://www.oracle.com/javaone/lad-en/session-presentations/clientside/24821-enok-1439095.pdf
-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Turner
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:09 AM
To: 'AS400 iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Web Enabling Applications - node.js
Yes I spent some time trying to get a way to make it work on the IBMi but I didn't get very far - mainly because I couldn't find a way to get V8 to work.
It was already discussed back in 2010:
http://archive.midrange.com/web400/201011/msg00294.html
I have since thought that Rhino might help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_%28JavaScript_engine%29
but I have been too engrossed in Lightstreamer on the IBMi to do anything else with it.
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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niels Liisberg
Sent: 03 January 2013 15:03
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Subject: Re: [WEB400] Web Enabling Applications - node.js
Ups it was node.js ....
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From: Niels Liisberg <nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Reply-To: AS400 iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:59:39 +0100
To: AS400 iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Web Enabling Applications - notesJS
Gents;
Have any of you gentlemen tried to play with notesJS - Or maybe even tried to move it to the IBMi ? I looks extremely promising
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