I think it would be really cool to have a language like Perl powering
mozilla, although Perl would have to be ported to all supported
platforms. I know its already on Linux and Win32, but is it on any of
the other ones (Mac, SunOS)?
The question is whether the mozilla developers want features implemented
using functions of higher powered languages like Perl or JS 2, or
whether they want to continue to use scripts simply as an easier way to
structure C++ code.
Mark Hammond wrote:
> Eric Murphy wrote:
>
>> Actually, it is called XPCDOM (XPConnected DOM)
>>
>> I think the major advantage is to lower the memory footprint of Mozilla.
>> Other than that, I don't know what else it can be used for.
>
>
> It also allows the DOM to be used by XPCOM supported languages other
> than JavaScript. As this matures it will become a real boon for people
> who would prefer to use an language other than JavaScript.
>
> Next we just need <script language="Python/Perl/Whatever" ... /> and I
> will be able to again say "I don't do JavaScript" :)
>
> Mark.
>
