Netscape Enterprise Server and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS) vs Node.js

Question

What are the major differences between the Netscape Enterprise Server implementation of Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS) and the node.js implementation?

Why did Netscape\'s

Answer 1

The main difference would be the evolution of Javascript over the the past 15+ years. Node.js uses the V8 Javascript Engine which would be far more optimized for modern computers.

Wikipedia has a good list of the differences between various server-side JS solutions.

Here is a list of features for Netscape Enterprise Server - provides a good idea of what makes modern SSJS solutions much better.

Why did it not gain attention? Realistically, client-side JS has only recently started to become the standard for web development so it was unlikely anybody would have considered using it for server-side development when it wasn't even really widely adopted for it's original purpose. I say widely adopted in that previously it was always difficult to cater JavaScript solutions to all browsers.