Silverlight: Ruby and Python in the Browser
Scott Wilson,
May 02, 2007
Silverlight is a browser plug-in for Mac and Windows that allows scripts written in a variety of languages, including C#, Visual Basic, Ruby and Python, to run in your browser (the way Javascript does today). Silverlight does run in Firefox (though not on Linux). Worth noting is that Microsoft also released, on Monday, a Firefox plug-in (for Mac and Windows) that allows it to run Windows Media animations. Pundits are saying this is Microsoft's answer to Flash, but I would say it's also its answer to AJAX and Javascript, which were running away on them. Will all this extra turn things around? A lot depends on implementation. As Scott Wilson comments, "I do (cynically) wonder how long it'll be though until the first Silverlight Critical Vulnerability patch?"
Today: 5 Total: 111 [Direct link] [Share]
