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Nashorn (JavaScript engine)

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Nashorn is an upcoming JavaScript engine, developed entirely in Java by Oracle Corporation. It will be based on JSR 292 and will be available for Java 8 in late 2012.[1] The project has been announced first at the JVM language summit in July 2011.,[2][3] and then confirmed at JavaOne in October 2011[4]

Etymology

Nashorn [ˈnaːsˌhɔʁn] is German translation of Rhino. Rhino is a JavaScript engine implemented in Java and provided by Mozilla Foundation. The latter gets its name from the animal on the cover of the JavaScript book from O'Reilly Media.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Laskey, James (July 2011). "Adventures in JSR-292 or How To Be A Duck Without Really Trying" (PDF). Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  2. ^ "JVM Language Summit — Agenda". Oracle Corporation. July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  3. ^ Saab, Georges (2011-07-19). "JVM Language Summit: Moving Java Forward, aka 'Pointy haired manager talk'" (PDF). Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  4. ^ Krill, Paul (2011-10-05). "Oracle prepping its Nashorn JavaScript engine". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  5. ^ O'Reilly's Javascript book, inspiration for the Rhino name


 

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