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https://github.com/ldarren/QuickJS

QuickJS is a small and embeddable Javascript engine. QuickJS sources are copyright Fabrice Bellard and Charlie Gordon.
https://github.com/ldarren/QuickJS

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QuickJS is a small and embeddable Javascript engine. QuickJS sources are copyright Fabrice Bellard and Charlie Gordon.

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Original code is located at `master` branch

# Installation
## Ubuntu
- `sudo apt-get install -y build-essential gcc-multilib`
- `cd {/YOUR/PATH/TO/}QuickJS`
- `make`
- `sudo make install` # to use qjs and qjsc outside of repo folder

## Mac
- `mod` branch contained mac fixes for undefined `environ` in `./quickjs-libc.c`
- update xcode
- `make`
- `sudo make install` # to use qjs and qjsc outside of repo folder

# Getting Started
## compile js to binary
create a hello\_world1.js javascript file
```javascript
console.log('Hello World')
```
goto command line and type
```bash
> ./qjsc -o hello_world1 ./hello_world1.js
> ./hello_world1
> Hello World
```

## compile js with module to binary
create a hello\_world2.js javascript file
```javascript
import * as std from 'std'
console.log(std.getenv('msg'))
```
goto command line and type
```bash
> ./qjsc -o hello_world2 ./hello_world2.js
> SyntaxError: unsupported keyword: import
> ./qjsc -m -o hello_world2 ./hello_world2.js
> msg="Hello World w Import" ./hello_world2
> Hello World w Import
```

# known issues
- doesn't support Blob
- doesn't support WebWorker
- exceptions in promise are silent. use `./qjs --unhandled-rejection {script.js}` to display exceptions
- doesn't handle `Maximum call stack size exceeded` for recursive async function correctly. it crashes with segmentation error

# fun facts
- compiled executable of `qjsc` does not has speed advantage compared with interpreting script with `qjs`

test it yourself
```
# run benchmark with interpretor
./qjs tests/microbench.js

# run benchmark with compiler
./qjsc -o microbench tests/microbench.js
./microbench
```