Grail (web browser)
 Grail 0.6 running under Python 2.7 on Linux | |
| Original author(s) | Guido van Rossum[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) |
| Initial release | August 1995 |
| Preview release | 0.6
/ 1 April 1999 |
| Repository | sourceforge |
| Written in | Python |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Free software license[3] |
| Website | grail |
Grail was a free extensible multi-platform web browser written in the Python programming language. The project was started in August 1995, with its first public release in November of that year.[4] The last official release was version 0.6 in 1999.
One of the major distinguishing features of Grail was the ability to run client-side Python code, in much the same way as mainstream browsers run client-side JavaScript code.[5][6]
The name Grail is thought to be a tribute to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a film by the British comedy group Monty Python. The name follows a similar suit to that of Python's─the programming language was too named after Monty Python.
References
[edit]- ^ Scripting the Web with Python[permanent dead link], I wrote Grail version 0.1 in less than two weeks, as a sort of demo; it consisted of under 2000 lines in 14 source files. It was released in August 1995., Guido van Rossum
- ^ Mark Lutz (2001). Programming Python. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-596-00085-1.
- ^ Grail source license
- ^ Grail - The Browser For The Rest Of Us (DRAFT)
- ^ 18.5.1. A Simple Grail Applet Example, Thinking about Programming Python, 3rd Edition - Advanced Internet Topics - Grail A Python Based Web Browser, CodeIdol
- ^ Henricksen, Karen (15 October 1999). "5.2 Grail architecture" (PDF). Adaptive Applications in Mobile Environments. Indulska, Jadwiga (supervisor): 47. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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