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New Language CURL Merges HTML And Javascript

Posted by timothy on from the like-a-hole-in-the-head dept.

jluxe writes: "CNN reports that a new language, Curl, was presented at the Software Development Forum in Palo Alto. This language works via a plug-in to browsers, and attempts to merge the gap between HTML, javascript, java, and even C++. It also supports the Macromedia Flash plug-in. Interesting to note that Tim Berners-Lee is listed as a financial backer of this venture, as well as an adviser." Here's the Curl Corporation's official website as well.

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  1. Re:Compiled Web... by unitron · · Score: 4, Funny
    "...metering and charging fees to businesses based on the amount of "Curled" data their users download."

    So you can bankrupt some company just by sitting there clicking "reload" all day?

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    I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.

  2. Curl's real strength by smallpaul · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is to generate press releases, news articles and Slashdot threads. I've never heard anyone use it. I just hear people pointing it out to each other and saying: "Tim Berners-Lee backs it." As if that automatically makes it more interesting than all of the other languages (client and server side) out there.

    Pay as you go looks like a pretty clear way to kill a programming language to me...