Re:ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open
by nailer on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @01:09PM
(#10896218)
Chakra does better than most of its competition on ES6 support: http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/
(I use v8 and javascriptcore all day but I still appreciate it)
Re:ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open
by nly on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @01:16PM
(#10896271)
Temporarily perhaps. Most of the gains look to have happened within the long IE11 to Edge 12 release cycle. Firefox 45 looks like it'll leap ahead again, and they're on a 6 week release cycle...
I'm not disputing MS have made impressive efforts. I've just yet to see anything from them that would make me put long-term stock in their open source commitments.
Re:ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open
by hirsin on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:45PM
(#10898242)
Chakra has been well ahead of the other browsers for >1 year now. That lead has been declining (as there's only so much of 100% you can implement), but kangax has always shown it to be ahead.
Re:ChakraCore GitHub repository is now open
by simonw on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @01:35PM
(#10896405)
"MS will no doubt, at some point, release something like Node.js based on this engine"
https://github.com/Microsoft/node - "This project enables Node.js to optionally use the Chakra JavaScript engine."
It's nice to see but, as far as competition within OSS is concerned, it's about 7-8 years too late. MS will no doubt, at some point, release something like Node.js based on this engine. If they do it'll be widely lauded, but you can barely say they're even a "fast follower" here when they're this slow.