CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/12/commonjs-effort-sets-javascript-on-path-for-world-domination.ars

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JavaScript independent execution environment.

Compact JavaScript runtime environment based on Mozilla Rhino. It adds to Rhino a module system compatible with the CommonJS Modules/1.1 specification. Module library implemented in JavaScript, covering basic functionality such as extensions to the built-in objects, file I/O, logging, persistence, unit testing, client and server-side HTTP support and web framework.

This is the home of RingoJS, the CommonJS-compliant JavaScript platform formerly known as Helma NG.