[Info-vax] The Future of Programming Languages and Web browsers

[Arne Vajhøj]

JC wrote:
> Yesterday I stumbled across a product called RUNBASIC (From the
> authors of LibertyBasic) and my immediate
> thought was that this product demonstrates how programming for the web
> browser environment should be handled.
> 
> http://runbasic.com/
> 
> Although RUNBASIC is relatively embryonic (and doesn't run on
> OpenVMS), I would love to see HP develop this
> concept for its own industrial strength BASIC language on OpenVMS. I
> drool at the thought of developing web
> applications without having to give up the benefits of synchronous
> connection states and procedural constructs.
> It would also be very nice having direct access to a quality data
> management resource like RMS.
> 
> I would be interested to hear what seasoned OpenVMS programmers make
> of this concept.

It looks like a toy to me.

The fat client model for web app is not unique.

Frameworks like Wicket and GWT do that.

Even ASP.NET Web Forms and JSF partly does that.

Combined with an absolutely horrible way of styling with CSS,
then I can not see much future for a product like this.

Arne