On: Java Virtual Machine in pure Node.js

[tzaman]

Now I'll have even bigger problem explaining what the difference between Java and Javascript is! :)

[golergka → tzaman]

It's like Car and Carpet. But it's also the kind of car that you can build out of carpets.

[egeozcan → golergka]

...or the carpet that you can build out of cars, considering the Ringojs.

[ahoge → egeozcan]

Java 6.0 comes with JSR 223 ("scripting for the Java platform"). It's a framework for hosting scripting engines. 6.0+ is shipped with a JavaScript engine based on Mozilla's Rhino.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_%28JavaScript_engine%29