title: How does node.js/[my own library/plugin] run on v8?
body: <p>Does it use any libraries like this: </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/v8-juice" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/v8-juice</a> </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://ui.ajax.org/#o3" rel="nofollow">http://ui.ajax.org/#o3</a> </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/tsa/vu8" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/tsa/vu8</a></p>
  
  <p>Or has it written its own libraries? If v8 is written for executing javascript, why do node.js libraries use C code? Just for the filesystem/event stuff? If so, why was that necessary, doesn't v8 need events and filesystem stuff itself?</p>
  
  <p>If I want to work with a database that only supports a C api, how would I go about doing that? Right now I'd probably write a v8-juice plugin.</p>