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any good reason to use this over v8/Node?

You are using java but want access to Javascript for various reasons. (Maybe you want to add scripting? Maybe you want to use a JS lib? Really sort of depends on the circumstance).

Using node/v8 requires another distributable and starting up a new process.

> (Maybe you want to add scripting? Maybe you want to use a JS lib? Really sort of depends on the circumstance)

I used it to add Markdown to a Java app, because JS-based Markdown libraries were better than Java-based ones.

I use it to add React.js server side rendering to a Scala app

(more details in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25248748 )

@cogman10

> > Using node/v8 requires another distributable and starting up a new process

Precisely

NodeJS has gone woke and supports Black Lives Matters. They also seem to have a history of social justice battles (as does the company behind V8 that NodeJS is based on, Google). I'm glad for alternatives.

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