Not really: In my daydreams Nova becomes the premier JS engine in the world and takes the crown from V8. If V8 went all in and basically just copied all of Nova... I'd probably still develop Nova, as I don't want to work with C++ that much.
If V8 copied all of Nova AND adopted Rust, I might consider laying Nova to rest and going into V8 development. But I'd probably also be really angry at V8 just taking all of Nova's good ideas and peddling them off as their own without crediting Nova. So probably I'd still keep developing Nova while stewing in my anger and inability to do anything about it :)
I hope Nova can be a spark that ignites the JavaScript world into a bit of a renaissance with some of its ideas, but the point is not to burn bright and burn out. The point is to burn bright and stay lit.
Not really: In my daydreams Nova becomes the premier JS engine in the world and takes the crown from V8. If V8 went all in and basically just copied all of Nova... I'd probably still develop Nova, as I don't want to work with C++ that much.
If V8 copied all of Nova AND adopted Rust, I might consider laying Nova to rest and going into V8 development. But I'd probably also be really angry at V8 just taking all of Nova's good ideas and peddling them off as their own without crediting Nova. So probably I'd still keep developing Nova while stewing in my anger and inability to do anything about it :)
I hope Nova can be a spark that ignites the JavaScript world into a bit of a renaissance with some of its ideas, but the point is not to burn bright and burn out. The point is to burn bright and stay lit.
> But I'd probably also be really angry at V8 just taking all of Nova's good ideas and peddling them off as their own without crediting Nova.
Who knows, maybe they'd even give you credit (while still taking the idea)?
It could definitely happen. It would be a hard decision for me then :)