how to install on ppc7400 (OS X 10.4)

[ghost]

Has there been any successful versions or builds working on a PowerPC G4 Mac running Mac OS X? If so, where do I find this version and how do I build it, or where can I get binaries? I'll take any version of Node.js.

[mhdawson]

There is no available version for that platform.

[andrewlow]

The core challenge here is that different version of the PowerPC chip implementation have different FPU instructions. This drift in CPU implementation makes the V8 implementation (which is effectively a compiler) problematic.

Javascript really like floating point, like.. a lot.

To fix this - someone needs to crawl through the floating point issues and (conditionally) reimplement those parts to fix the code for that architecture. Easier than supporting a complete new CPU .. but still requires specific skills.