From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-02-03T23:27:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Hi, Ruby Programmers, Is this possible.

mdiam wrote:
> On Feb 3, 7:27�am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <mar...@marnen.org> wrote:
>> > know a server side language like PHP can NOT do this. How about
>> > Ruby/CGI, etc.
>>
>> Ruby is a server-side language just as PHP is. �The only client-side
>> language you can rely on is JavaScript.
> 
> Or JRuby because it is written 100% in Java?

Yes, if you like applets.

Or Hotruby because it's 100% JavaScript, but that's not a complete 
implementation yet.

To the OP: this issue has nothing to do with the limitations of Ruby or 
PHP, but is simply a function of how Web applications work.  That's why 
substituting languages won't change anything.

> -- Maurice

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