Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Martin Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Converting Javascript to Java Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 07:09:04 BST Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net WxhCL5P/jR9AFSa2uUKwsAri1UyZj6OOMHyigsnI76vW3qdgjj X-Orig-Path: BERLIN : news.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:VUkI1ucb9ls7rSbYlEO6JdYh1gw= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:33291 in 636608 20170511 215734 bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote: >Is there some way to convert code written in Javascript to Java, so that th= >ey can become Android apps? ....it just struck me to ask this, cause of all= >this stuff about WebAssembly - which, AFAIK, is the *other way round* - ie= >.. C++ and whatever other programmers can now recompile their stuff for the = >browser lickety-split or whatever - which means that all us Web app guys no= >w have the WORLD'S competition! BRILLIANT!! > >SO. > > >Is there some soul who's done it the other way around? ie. Javascript code = >can "become" Java? ...if Node.js works on the command line - could it be po= >ssible? (but node is an *interpreter* no?) >I'm asking this question specifically for games, cause - the games market H= >ERE at least, is Android Android Android - I don't know and I don't think w= >eb games have caught on yet. Which means that WebGL calls and so forth have= >to convert to something Java-ish which still allows you to bang the GPU...= >.. is such a thing even technically possible? > > >Talking of which, is there something like 3D Mark written in JS? ie. as a = >website? Google "DroidScript".