[e-lang] Considering JSR 223 (scripting) implementation

[Ben Laurie]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Kevin Reid <kpreid at mac.com> wrote:
> MarkM: Could you ask a handy Java programmer (possibly mikesamuel) or
> two these questions?
>
>   * Is JSR 223 something which ought to be supported by a JVM-based
>     language; is it an expected feature? If not, is it otherwise
> *worth*
>     implementing?
>
>   * Is there an existing application which uses the JSR 223 interfaces
>     in nontrivial ways and would therefore be useful as a testing tool?
>
>   * The JSR 223 specification and test suite (TCK) are hidden behind
>     various licenses or other restrictions. In general, what are the
>     implications of this for an open source, non-formally-organized
>     project?

Sun sponsors open source by making TCKs available free of charge to them.

>   * The JSR 223 specification is hidden behind license agreements which
>     distinguish between writing an “application” and an
> “implementation”
>     of the specification. Is
>
>     1. an “implementation” an implementation of the classes in the
>        javax.script package, i.e. ScriptEngineManager and so on, and an
>        “application” code which uses those classes/interfaces in any
>        way,
>
>     2. an “implementation” classes which implement the interfaces so as
>        to be a JSR-223 scripting language, and an “application” code
>        which uses those interfaces to use scripting languages as
>        plugins, or
>
>     3. something else?
>
>
> --
> Kevin Reid                                  <http://switchb.org/kpreid/>
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