MuJS - lightweight Javascript interpreter designed for embedding in other software
9 points by linkdd
9 points by linkdd
Admittedly, I don't know much about JS, but I'm curious about it as an embedded scripting language.
What would be the advantages of using MuJS, which only implements ECMAscript 5, instead of QuickJS, which implements ES 2023 (14)? In particular, I remember ES6 being a Big Thing, with a lot of well-received improvements. Would a user having learned JS in the last ten years manage to use MuJS, or would they constantly trip over non-existent features?
I guess that maybe the answer might be that some people don't like ES6 onward, which I could understand as I'm not exactly a fan of languages changing their specs on a yearly basis :)
You could still have a build step with tools like babel or typescript to target ES5, so it's not really a problem I guess ?
What I liked about MuJS is how easy to understand its source code is.