Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ibm_db node module and IBM Data Server Driver

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's something IBM will have to answer.. or maybe Aaron.

But if the ARE now compiling, that tells you interpreted must have had some
drawbacks.  Everything comes full circle.. we went from interpreted (BASIC)
to compiled (RPG, et all) , then to interpreted again and now compiled all
in a span of my lifetime...

If there was a way to truly load test thousands of concurrent requests on
either I'd be in for that, but alas, it's not that easy.



On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> > Hard to believe that a technology that is interpreted at its heart would
> outperform compiled programs.
>
> JavaScript is supposed to be compiled to machine language by the V8 engine
> in Node.JS. Can't run any faster than machine language.
>
> Is this not true for the IBM i?
>
> Thanks,