Javascript Port

[MaxG]

It would be nice if you will add a Javascript Port in the next future (at least the Core)?

Max

[Dark-Star]

heh, I *almost* thought that this was meant seriously

[MaxG]

Hehehe... amusing right?

[fingolfin]

What... you mean I started working on it and spent all that time on it for ... nothing ??? damn

[MaxG]

What... you mean I started working on it and spent all that time on it for ... nothing ??? damn

Are you working on real Javascript Port?

[fingolfin]

Are you working on real Javascript Port?

Counter question: Are you seriously asking whether somebody is working on a Javascript Port??????

...

I struggled for some minutes to come up with a good comparision to show how ridicolous this question is, but finally gave up. I just can't find something equally ... uhm, "detached from reality", to put it nicely. "When hell freezes over" just doesn't fit, because that would imply the question in itself would make sense, which it doesn't. Even if it did make sense, it would be nonsensical, of course... but sadly we don't even get to that stage <sigh>

Anyway, in short:
* Changing to a different language is not a port, it's a total rewrite (this has been explained in this forum again and again, BTW).
* JavaScript isn't even closely remote to a language I'd consider writing a ScummVM clone, for various technical reasons that anybody reasonably experienced with computer languages hopefully will see immediately (yeah yeah, strictly speaking Javascript is turing complete and thus it would hypothetically be possible, given enough resources, but then, it is also hypothetically possible to dig a tunnel from England to Norway with a spoon).

[MaxG]

Counter question: Are you seriously asking whether somebody is working on a Javascript Port??????

NO, damn no!

[Herrscher]

As there is also a Wolfenstein 3D in JavaScript, I think that's enough motivation for the devs to give a ScummVM_JS a try...