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Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by JoshuaJB » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:17 PM UTC

stymaar wrote: post #42

I've seen that a partial Linux support is on the roadmap, but does anyone know if there is a way to compile it with gcc or clang, or if it's on the roadmap ?

It doesn't look like it builds yet. See https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by VOYD » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:17 PM UTC

nothis wrote: post #12

So... how is it? Do people like Edge's JavaScript support?

I do like the Javascript support, however the browser itself still has some bugs and other performance issues in daily use. Those could be issues with the code being ran on certain sites though.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by Klathmon » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:17 PM UTC

Congrats to the Chakra team!

I know that there was probably a good amount of work that went into making this happen.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by krisdol » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:18 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #24

creshal wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aka, Microsoft is again in the "embrace" stage of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. (Even if its current management has the noblest intentions, who knows how it'll be in two or three years?)

It is licensed under MIT. Good luck with that third step...

Wouldn't it be far easier with MIT than GPL? The BSD license sure did little to keep the open source roots of Mac OS thriving.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by bobajeff » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:18 PM UTC

abchatra wrote: post #9

cjbprime wrote: post #2

(In case anyone thinks this is more amazing than it is: it runs on Windows only right now. But presumably someone will start working on Unix ports shortly.)

Road map here: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap I work for Chakra team.

I'm happy to see WebAssembly talked about on there. It talks about standardisation and the polyfil (using asm.js). Any idea on when support will be worked on in the engine?

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by teddyh » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:18 PM UTC

JupiterMoon wrote: post #49

jhchen wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's wrong with a CLA? It's incredibly common for projects open sourced by companies.

It means that the company owns the copyright to everything and can close the source again any time they want. EDIT Dear mods. Some pretty measured posts are getting serious heat in this (and other threads relating to MS) maybe you could look into it?

It also means that the company can sell proprietary versions with extended functionality, and the company is therefore motivated to not allow contributions to the free code which duplicates functionality which they sell.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by rewqfdsa » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:19 PM UTC

A few years ago, the trendy naming convention was Kit. Now it's Core, I guess. Will we stop wishing we were Apple one day?

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by hiteshk_msft » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:19 PM UTC

blinkingled wrote: post #26

hiteshk_msft wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check out the Linux branch :) we are actively working on a port. Disclaimer: Msft employee on chakra

From the Roadmap document - it seems like JIT on Linux is not a priority? That's surprising. Is it due to technical issues or the whole idea is to have NodeJS on Windows use Chakra and let the community do the Linux part with JIT?

This is more so that we have something that helps us break the problem into several steps to accomplish the goal. JIT will come after.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by awalton » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:20 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #24

creshal wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aka, Microsoft is again in the "embrace" stage of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. (Even if its current management has the noblest intentions, who knows how it'll be in two or three years?)

It is licensed under MIT. Good luck with that third step...

MIT doesn't necessarily protect you against patent claims, just thought you should know that. The Apache license is much better in this regard.

Re: ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open

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Post by Someone1234 » Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 6:20 PM UTC

krisdol wrote: post #54

Someone1234 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is licensed under MIT. Good luck with that third step...

Wouldn't it be far easier with MIT than GPL? The BSD license sure did little to keep the open source roots of Mac OS thriving.

It could help Microsoft close source THEIR implementation later down the line, but it doesn't help them "extinguish" it completely, particularly if third parties wish to maintain it.

MIT makes it easy to fork and relatively easy to re-license.