gabrielschulhof/table.md

## table.md

      
    Raw
  

              table.md
            
          
JavaScript modules
Native add-ons


1.
... need to be compiled.
No
Not if there are pre-builds


2.
... will work on all platforms and architectures.
Yes
Yes if there are pre-builds


3.
... are designed to work with all current and subsequent Node.js versions once written.
Yes
No


4.
... can be loaded multiple times.
Yes
No


5.
... are thread-safe if not explicitly making use of threading infrastructure.
Yes
No


6.
... can be unloaded.
Yes
No
		JavaScript modules	Native add-ons
1.	... need to be compiled.	No	Not if there are pre-builds
2.	... will work on all platforms and architectures.	Yes	Yes if there are pre-builds
3.	... are designed to work with all current and subsequent Node.js versions once written.	Yes	No
4.	... can be loaded multiple times.	Yes	No
5.	... are thread-safe if not explicitly making use of threading infrastructure.	Yes	No
6.	... can be unloaded.	Yes	No