Subj : Synchronet v3.30 development started (*new* JavaScript library!)
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 10 2026 09:00:57

  Re: Synchronet v3.30 development started (*new* JavaScript library!)
  By: Digital Man to All on Fri Apr 10 2026 01:00 am

 DM> The last 24 hours has been the first time that Synchronet has run (mind
 DM> you, just experimentally on Vertrauen) with a new JavaScript library
 DM> (libmozjs-128) in many years!

 DM> This is a huge change to Synchronet and unfortunately, isn't 100% backward
 DM> compatible. A number of non-standard language features that were allowed
 DM> in the old JavaScript engine (SpiderMonkey v1.8.5) are now not allowed.
 DM> :-(

 DM> On the bright side, you'll get all the ECMAScript 2024 language features
 DM> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_version_history) and performance
 DM> and relability features included a modern JavaScript engine from Mozilla!
 DM> Get excited!

I think that will be an overall good update.

Nightfox

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