Sounds like they decided to drop support for VC6 with the current version.Brendan Eich wrote:
> Gerry Sweeney wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have now downloaded a snapshot from CVS of the JS source code. I
>> have it building now but the file jsautokw.h is missing. Although the
>> engine builds if I comment out the #include for this file, I have a
>> feeling its important.From what I can see on Google this file is
>> meant to get created from the "jsopcode.tbl" file. Is that the case?
>
>
> No, it is generated from jskeyword.tbl.
>
> I thought this was fixed already. Cc'ing Igor and Michael, who no
> doubt know more than I do.
Michael kindly reminded me that you must be using js.mak. We haven't updated that. We'd like to retire it, or else find a volunteer to maintain it (and whatever .mdp or other files are around from the old days). I recall Bob Clary brought up axing js.mak before and someone said "please don't". Problem is, it costs and we aren't able to pay any longer. Who is?
/be
Seems SpiderMonkey JS engine does no longer support VC6
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Seems SpiderMonkey JS engine does no longer support VC6
I decided to update the JS sources, big mistake they fail to build using VC6. A short search on the Mozilla news server revealed this post:
Which means I have to use a quite old version of SpiderMonkey to build UOX3 in the future.
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Which Spidermonkey/JS version are we currently using, and - if it's not the latest - does the latest one work? 
Edit for posterity: We're using 1.6.0 =)
Edit for posterity: We're using 1.6.0 =)
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*bump*
Also, interesting links about TraceMonkey, "an evolution of Firefox's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine for Firefox 3.1 that uses a new kind of Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler to boost JS performance by an order of magnitude or more":
TraceMonkey
TraceMonkey: JavaScript Lightspeed
The birth of a faster monkey
Trace-trees FAQ
Also, interesting links about TraceMonkey, "an evolution of Firefox's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine for Firefox 3.1 that uses a new kind of Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler to boost JS performance by an order of magnitude or more":
TraceMonkey
TraceMonkey: JavaScript Lightspeed
The birth of a faster monkey
Trace-trees FAQ
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