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Apple Releases JavaScriptCore Framework

Posted by pudge on from the i-thought-java-was-dead dept.

ace writes "Apple has released the source to JavaScriptCore, a JavaScript framework based on KDE's kjs JavaScript engine. 'JavaScriptCore is a private API which may be used by future Mac OS X applications such as Sherlock, and is provided as Open Source as part of our partnership with the KDE community. JavaScriptCore will be used by Sherlock in an upcoming OS release, and possibly by other Apple software in the future. Apple chose kjs as the basis of its JavaScript technology for its simple and efficient code.'"

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  1. Needs Developer Tools Beta by schwatoo · · Score: 3, Informative

    This framework needs the Mac OS X Developer Tools Beta to compile available from connect.apple.com.

    Interesting to see this library wrapped in a Framework despite Apple's recommendations for developers not to put 'legacy' unix code in a Framework.

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    I have trouble with passwords among other things.
  2. Re:Apple contributes, but what about Redhat? by Shisha · · Score: 3, Informative

    Was this meant to be ironical? I really can't tell, whether you were serious or just flaming. Have you ever heard of GCC? Both RH and SuSe support GCC quite a bit. Mandrake and SuSe support KDE (some full and part time developers).

    The KDE Java Script engine was developed by the KDE people not Apple, they are just saying that if they happen to improve it, they will make the changes available to KDE people. So they are not contributing a nice JScript engine.

    Can someone explain how Aqua contributes to the OSS community? I believe that that's as proprietary as it get.