Tracy R Reed wrote: > Wade Curry wrote: >> One thing that i've wondered on occasion... Why is it that no one >> has written a Firefox extension that can deal with a different >> scripting language directly? Instead of writing python that gets >> translated into javascript, wouldn't it be better to write python >> that runs as python in the browser without translation? > > If it does not ship with the browser nobody but you and me are going to > be able to use it so why bother? >
..then there are the security concerns, too. A new plugin would have to fit into some existing security framework (is there such a thing?), or face some kind of qualification/approval cycle before you would really want to allow anyone to execute his code from your browser. ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
