Node is more like a library than a runtime. Its runtime is V8. The node libs cou...

tantalor on May 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vert.x – JVM Polyglot Alternative to Node.js

Node is more like a library than a runtime. Its runtime is V8. The node libs could be ported to another JavaScript engine such as jsc, narwhal, or ringo.

> Node.js consists of Google's V8 JavaScript engine plus several built-in libraries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodejs

lucian1900 on May 6, 2012 [–]

Node ships with both runtime and async library, unlike Twisted, which doesn't ship Python.