web: client-side python?

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Is there any way to get Python to run on a web browser, other than silverlight?

I'm pretty sure not, but it never hurts to ask (usually).

Silverlight runs on Python??? I might have overslept something interesting. — Nikita Rybak, Feb 20 '11 at 22:04
not sure what exactly you want to do, but this may be useful http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/09/19/1345236/Python-Converted-To-JavaScript-Executed-In-Browser — Jesse Cohen, Feb 20 '11 at 22:07
There is a python implementation that runs inside silverlight (ironpython). See http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/silverlight/index.shtml — 6502, Feb 20 '11 at 22:07
possible duplicate of [Execute python code inside browser without Jython](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1235629/execute-python-code-inside-browser-without-jython) — Lennart Regebro, Feb 20 '11 at 22:19
@Lennart I think the question was edited, there was 'server' instead of 'web browser' initially. — Nikita Rybak, Feb 20 '11 at 22:21
@Nikita: I was hoping people wouldn't give this as an answer: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/silverlight/index.shtml. — bukzor, Feb 21 '11 at 00:16

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '11 at 22:11

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Haven't tried it myself but Pyjamas (http://pyjs.org/) claims to contain a Python-to-Javascript compiler. Not exactly what you're asking for but might be worth a look.

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '11 at 22:11

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Maybe not exactly what you asked, but close enough: Pyjamas -- Python-to-JavaScript compiler

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '12 at 13:35

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skulpt is an interesting new project

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 20 '11 at 22:05

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Short of writing your own browser plugin — no.

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 20 '11 at 23:47

There's an open-source project called emscripten that converts C/C++ to JavaScript. The have a version of CPython converted with this tool that runs in the browser as one of their demos.

Probably not something you actually want to do, for a number of reasons, but... it's technically possible. Any Turing-complete language can be converted to any other, after all, and if the languages are popular enough, someone, somewhere, has probably written code to do it.

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