RoR like (was : SPE 0.8.1.b Python IDE...)

[Aahz]

In article <1134735107.391111.245250 at g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
>
>I personally don't believe very strongly in this server-side
>serialisation of various non-displayable formats for potentially large
>amounts of client-side code to unpack, process, stuff into different
>places, and so on. As I said before, this is like reinventing
>client/server all over again but with the deployment of client-side
>code and the presentation technology standardised: you still end up
>with maintenance issues, keeping the data model consistent at both ends
>whilst dealing with different languages and toolkits. I'd rather have
>such functionality controlled with mostly declarative constructs, and
>with as few moving parts on the client as possible.

But Google is doing it!  It must be cool!!!  And if it means that Lynx
breaks, well, that's the price of progress, neh?
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