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binithb
binithb

Reputation: 2000

Why does node.js need python

I am starting up with node This is from node.js README.md

Prerequisites (Unix only):

* GCC 4.2 or newer
* Python 2.6 or 2.7
* GNU Make 3.81 or newer
* libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)

Curious to know why does node.js need Python ? Does it use Python underneath its API

Upvotes: 44

Views: 35232

Answers (2)

vkurchatkin
vkurchatkin

Reputation: 13570

Node.js is built with GYP — cross-platform built tool written in Python. Also some other build steps are implemented in Python. So Python is required for building node from source.

But you also need Python for building native addons.

Upvotes: 41

Icarus
Icarus

Reputation: 131

Yes, node uses some python scripts under the hood, though Node is largely written in C++.

See some of Node's python code here:

https://github.com/joyent/node/tree/master/tools

E.g., js2c.py converts Javascript into C-style char arrays:

https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/tools/js2c.py

In general, if a package tells you that it requires Python, then it is almost certainly using Python ;)

Upvotes: 3

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