<s>
Nashorn	B-Language
is	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	I-Language
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
originally	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
later	O
by	O
the	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
Community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
relies	O
on	O
the	O
support	O
for	O
dynamically	O
typed	O
languages	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Platform	O
(	O
JSR	B-Application
292	I-Application
)	O
(	O
a	O
concept	O
first	O
realized	O
in	O
the	O
experimental	O
Da	B-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
and	O
a	O
standard	O
part	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
7	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Nashorn	B-Language
has	O
been	O
included	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
8	O
through	O
JDK	O
14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
announced	O
first	O
at	O
the	O
JVM	B-Language
language	O
summit	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
confirmed	O
at	O
JavaOne	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
21	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
formally	O
announced	O
the	O
open	O
sourcing	O
of	O
the	O
Nashorn	B-Language
source	O
on	O
the	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aim	O
will	O
be	O
to	O
allow	O
embedding	O
JavaScript	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
applications	O
via	O
JSR-223	B-Language
and	O
to	O
develop	O
standalone	O
JavaScript	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
Nashorn	B-Language
source	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
11	O
,	O
Nashorn	B-Language
was	O
deprecated	O
citing	O
challenges	O
to	O
maintenance	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
JDK	O
15	O
onwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nashorn	B-Language
development	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
and	O
the	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
project	O
from	O
Java	B-Language
11	O
and	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nashorn	B-Language
(	O
"	O
nahss-horn	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
German	O
translation	O
of	O
rhinoceros	B-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
words	O
on	O
Rhino	B-Language
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	I-Language
implemented	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
provided	O
by	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
benchmarks	O
,	O
Nashorn	B-Language
performance	O
is	O
several	O
orders	O
of	O
magnitude	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
alternative	O
Rhino	B-Language
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
