From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-05-31T18:10:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby as Client Side Language in Web Browser (replacing JS) 2010/5/27 Simone R. : > I was thinking about the old days when IE was able to execute script > both in JS and VB. > > Do you think can be a good idea to include in a web browser a Ruby VM to > execute client side script written in ruby? Technically, yes - and in fact it has been attempted already. The hard bit is to get enough momentum so there is a large enough installation basis in clients so site developers will use it. It's a catch 22 situation: if there are not enough client installations web applications won't use it and if web applications do not use it people have no reason to install the client extension. The only realistic way out of this would be a Ruby VM that comes installed with a popular browser. Even then the question remains whether this is sufficient to win enough web site development teams over to using Ruby instead of JavaScript which by now they know by heart. I don't think that technical advantages of Ruby vs. JavaScript are not enough to make this a realistic scenario. So, yes, it's a cool idea, I would like it, too - but I assume this won't happen anytime soon, if at all. Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/