On 11/15/05, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Roger Erens wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I remember that the first time I read about Python as a programming
> language was when reading the W3C's HTML 4.01 specification a few years
> ago. In the section on objects, images and applets
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html ) an example was given
> like
>
> <P><OBJECT classid="" href="http://www.miamachina.it/analogclock.py">http://www.miamachina.it/analogclock.py">
> <PARAM name="height" value="40" valuetype="data">
> <PARAM name="width" value="40" valuetype="data">
> This user agent cannot render Python applications.
> </OBJECT>
>
> It's also in the XHTML2.0 specification. Now, is this just a theoretical
> example? Or is there a browser that _does_ support python scripts? Or do
> we have to place our bets on the Mozilla 1.9 milestone with hard work
> being done by Mark Hammond?
>
> I'm asking because of all the AJAX hype going on. I'd like rather not
> delve too deep into _javascript_ and use Python instead.
>
> Any insights to be shared?
>
> Cheers,
> Roger
Take a look at this kit:
http://www.mochikit.com/
It seems that this is a python programmer that has created _javascript_
functions that "feel" a lot like Python. May just be a transitional
way to go, but I thought it was interesting anyway.
-Larry Bates
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