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Add a new Javascript Engine #5496

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jkosternl opened this issue Oct 4, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #6834
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Add a new Javascript Engine #5496

jkosternl opened this issue Oct 4, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #6834
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jkosternl commented Oct 4, 2023

From FF v7.9, both Nashorn and Rhino Javascript engines are deprecated. From v8.0 they are both removed; only the J2V8 is left. See #5489. J2V8 is not actively supported/improved anymore. Secondly, it does not have support for ARM CPUs on MacBooks with Silicon hardware, for example.

Todo: add a new Javascript Engine to FF!.
E.g. inspect if GraalVM Javscript is possible as library. It seems to have good compatibility with Nashorn.
Business value: check if users of FF! are waiting for a new engine.

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