Self-hosting and engine

[SlashScreen]

I am wondering if porffor could self-host in the future? As in, compile itself to wasm. If self-hosted and paired with a WASM engine, would it theoretically be capable of facilitating a "javascript engine"? As in, get javascript from a web server, compile it to WASM, and then hand it to the WASM engine to execute?

This is my odd use case: last year, I got Wazero running on the Plan 9 operating system. It's not always easy to get something like V8 or JavaScriptCore running on 9 since it isn't written in C95. Go, however, can build for the platform, hence why wazero is able to run. My initial thought was, if Porffor is one day able to self-host, it could be paired with wazero to create a JS runtime for Plan 9 (however slow it might end up being).

If this isn't possible, that's fine, I'm mostly just brainstorming here.

[CanadaHonk]

This is definitely a want but also quiet far away.

[SlashScreen]

is the goal to make any website's javascript work? So long as it's not... generated, I guess.

[CanadaHonk]

Any JS generally, hopefully, not specifically website's.

[chiqorein]

Your idea is really creative! Self-hosting Porffor and compiling it to WASM could potentially make the setup you’re describing for a JavaScript runtime on Plan 9 possible. I totally agree, it’s something to look forward to, but it does seem like it’s quite a way off. Still, it's exciting to think about the potential! I would love to catch opportunity to contribute to it