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Wait. Wait. Wait...

> What we really could use, is a version of Perl, written in javascript, which can be run in browsers as javascript.

You mean like a javascript compiler that JIT perl code? How would we do it? would it compile the perl to JS? or?

Everytime I talk to you you leave me with homework ;) I've got a bit of research to do. (those links are pretty interesting).

Thanks!

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Re^5: Current Thoughts on Server/Client Best Development Strategies
by zentara (Cardinal) on Feb 17, 2014 at 12:32 UTC
    What I meant, or what I think I meant :-), was that the eventloop that runs the various javascript enabled browsers, should be accessible from other languages. So say, I wanted add a socket event to the browser's eventloop, it would be great if I could just write it in Perl, have it interpreted as pure javascript, within the browser itself, and work as intended. :-)

    Like I said, Python already has experimental work. See: Python in Mozilla PyXPCOM

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