Héllo, There was a thread recently about the missed opportunity for Python to be a language that could replace Javascript in the browser.
They are several attempts at doing something in this spirit here are the ones I'm aware of: - pyjamas aka. pyjs it is to Python what GWT is to Java : http://pyjs.org/ - py2js which compiles Python to Javascript without high level widget like pyjamas does https://github.com/qsnake/py2js - skulpt unlike py2js and pyjs there is no compilation phase http://www.skulpt.org/ And SubScript [1], which I am the creator, a Python-like language [2] and Sissi [3] which aims at being the stdlib of SubScript, currently it's implemented with py2js. It relies heavly on Google Closure tools [4]. I'm planning to add streamer [5] support if I can wrap my head around it. I'm done with self advertisement. Before starting SubScript I gave it some thoughts, and I think that it can bring value to web development. Here are articles that backs up my vision: - Javascript gurus claims that Javascript is indeed the "assembly" of the web [6], which means that Javascript is viable target for a compiler - Similar projects exists with Coffescript and ClojureScript which seems to have the lead and are gaining traction in web development community. Dart is another example. - The thing that makes Javascript development difficult is that it's hard to debug, but map JS [7] is making its way into Firefox which will help greatly Why do people think that this projects are doomed ? I ask this question to understand other point of views before commiting myself at finish SubScript & Sissi, I don't want to code something that will be useless. Thanks in advance, Amirouche [1] https://bitbucket.org/abki/subscript [2] currently Subscript code is parsed by Python parsing library the exact same syntax should be supported [3] https://bitbucket.org/abki/sissi/overview [4] http://code.google.com/intl/fr/closure/ [5] https://github.com/Gozala/streamer [6] http://www.hanselman.com/blog/JavaScriptIsAssemblyLanguageForTheWebSematicMarkupIsDeadCleanVsMachinecodedHTML.aspx [7] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618650
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