v8 requires a lock of each thread using the vm, but if none is explicitly is created it will implicitly create one for you. This creates issues when trying to build modules which use v8's multi-threading features because there's no lock to unlock.
Evented I/O for V8 javascript. 
To build:
Unix/Macintosh (requires python 2.6 or 2.7):
./configure
make
make install
Windows:
vcbuild.bat
To run the tests:
Unix/Macintosh:
make test
Windows:
vcbuild.bat test
To build the documentation:
make doc
To read the documentation:
man doc/node.1
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