IMO google web toolkit has done this for Java and I haven't tried it but maybe http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell_in_web_browser does or will do this for Haskell. I still think that there is a place for web applications that are smart on the server side though.
Best -Keith On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Alberto G. Corona <agocor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, Maybe The piece of the web that desperately need a boost in > performance, declarativeness, safety, static typing threading, modularity > etc etc etc is the Web Browser. > > 2009/10/4 John A. De Goes <j...@n-brain.net> >> >> With few exceptions, no such thing as a killer server-side app. >> >> The Web 3.0 paradigm is simple: all work except sharing and persistence of >> data is done on the client. >> >> Regards, >> >> John A. De Goes >> N-Brain, Inc. >> The Evolution of Collaboration >> >> http://www.n-brain.net | 877-376-2724 x 101 >> >> On Oct 3, 2009, at 9:08 PM, Mark Wotton wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've been writing a little binding from Ruby to Haskell called Hubris >>> (http://github.com/mwotton/Hubris) which I think has some potential both for >>> making Haskell web apps easier to write, and also for bringing the more >>> adventurous Ruby programmers into the Haskell community. Code-wise it's >>> coming along nicely, and once 6.12 is out it'll run without modifications at >>> least on Linux (remains to be seen how long it'll take to get the Mac >>> patches into shape). My real problem is marketing: I need a killer app that >>> shows it's easy either to >>> >>> 1. wrap a kickarse Haskell library in a convenient Ruby web app shell >>> 2. speed up a poorly performing Ruby web app >>> >>> I've been badgering the Ruby guys in Sydney that I know on the second >>> point, but either none of them have performance problems, or none of them >>> want to admit it. The first is entirely possible - if you only attack the >>> subset of problems where your runtime is dominated by the database and >>> network latency, language performance is moot. Conversely, if that's your >>> worldview, the other problems that could be attacked won't ever come to mind >>> (to monstrously abuse the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis). >>> >>> So, I'm asking you guys. What are some really nice Haskell libraries or >>> apps that could benefit from being shown off in one of the plethora of >>> slick, mature web frameworks that exist in Ruby? Manuel Chakravarty >>> suggested something with vector operations in order to take advantage of his >>> 'accelerate' library (once it gets a GPU backend, of course), and more >>> generally, something taking advantage of Haskell's support for multicore >>> would be cool. (The standard edition of Ruby is still unicore, I believe.) >>> >>> Parenthetically yours, >>> Mark >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > -- keithsheppard.name _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe