ossp-pkg/js/README
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OSSP js - Mozilla JavaScript Engine
Version 1.6.20070208 (08-Feb-2007)
ABSTRACT
OSSP js is a stand-alone distribution of the JavaScript (JS)
programming language reference implementation from Mozilla -- aka
"JSRef" or "SpiderMonkey". This distribution provides a smart,
stand-alone and portable distribution of Mozilla JavaScript through a
build environment based on GNU autoconf, GNU libtool and GNU shtool,
including support for easy JavaScript build-time feature set selection
(ECMA-3, JS-1.5, JS-1.6), optional CLI line editing support, optional
"stdio" based File object support and JS/Perl bindings. Additionally,
the C API in "libjs" contains both the JavaScript engine and the
required Sun math library ("fdlibm") and with all internal symbols
carefully protected under the "js" namespace. Finally, a js-config(1)
utility and a pkg-config(1) specification is provided to allow
applications to easily build with the JavaScript C API.
JUSTIFICATION
OSSP js was created because for OSSP and similar pedantic C coding
projects a smart, stand-alone, portable, clean, powerful and
robust scripting language engine is required. JavaScript is a
great programming language and Mozilla JavaScript "SpiderMonkey"
definitely is an acceptable clean, powerful and robust implementation.
Unfortunately there is just a stand-alone distribution released from
time to time by Mozilla and it is far away from really being smart,
stand-alone and portable. At least for OSSP it was not acceptable
having to tell the community that for small and stand-alone C
components like the OSSP components they either have to install the
great but large Mozilla Firefox application (where Mozilla JavaScript
is included) or have to fiddle around theirself with an older
stand-alone JavaScript distribution and its weak build environment.
OSSP js combines the best from two worlds: the 1:1 repackaged
JavaScript code base from Mozilla and the usual amount of GNU
autoconf, GNU libtool and GNU shtool wrappers as always used by OSSP.
Additionally, stand-alone ("stdio" instead of NSPR based) File object
support was required.
VERSIONING
The version of OSSP js is M.N.YYYYMMDD where M.N is the JavaScript
branch and YYYYMMDD is the date where the JavaScript code was
extracted from the Mozilla CVS repository.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Mozilla <http://www.mozilla.org/>
This file is part of OSSP js, a repackaging of the Mozilla JavaScript
reference implementation, which can found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/js/
The content of this distribution is licensed under the Mozilla
Public License (MPL) 1.1 (see http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/) or
alternatively the GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0 (see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) or the GNU Lesser General Public
License (LGPL) 2.1 (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html).
HOME
The latest release can be found on
o http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/js/
o ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/js/
