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|    Gamgee to Nightfox    |
|    Re: Using JSexec to run IRCd    |
|    18 Nov 25 15:22:42    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 58888.sync_sys@1:103/705 2d830337       REPLY: 58885.sync_sys@1:103/705 2d82e7d4       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/955e50fea Aug 10 2025 GCC 14.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.32-Linux master/ec8f7009f Nov 15 2025 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: PALANTIR       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       -=> Nightfox wrote to Dan Clough <=-               >> Are you sure you're not? Many of Synchronet's standard modules now are        >> written in JS. Even if you don't write your own JS mods, I think there's        >> likely JS running at some point.               DC> Yes, reasonably sure. I know much of SBBS runs on JS, but what I meant        DC> was that I don't run many of the "extra" services provided, such as the        DC> ircd (and SMTP mail, Web, FTP, etc). This whole conversation was based on        DC> Rixter having somewhat "frequent" crashes with his system (on Windows) and        DC> the theory is that it may be affected/caused by heavy JS use with the        DC> (very old) JS engine being used by SBBS.               Ni> In addition to the services, things like displaying the external        Ni> programs menu and letting the user change their user settings are done        Ni> in JS now, I believe (xtrn_sec.js and user_settings.js, respectively).        Ni> There are command shells in JS too, and I'm sure there are other things        Ni> that are done with JS.              Yes, I know all that. I think displaying menus and such are not very        "heavy" tasks when compared to ircd, email, web, and more, though. All        I can say for sure is that my SBBS doesn't (ever) "crash". |
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