Grail (web browser)
Grail was a free web browser written in the Python programming language. It is open-source, meaning the source code is freely available. Development started in August 1995, with the first version (0.2) being released in November 1995.[4] The last version (0.6) was released on April 1, 1999.
| 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 |
| Written in | Python |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Free software license[3] |
| Website | grail |
Unlike other web browsers of the time, web pages can use Python code in a similar way to JavaScript code.[5][6]
It is thought Grail was named after Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a film by British comedy group Monty Python, similar to how Python was named after Monty Python.
References
- ↑ Scripting the Web with Python[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
- ↑ In the beginning there was the Grail,(Page 519), Programming Python, By Mark Lutz, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2001
- ↑ 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). Indulska, Jadwiga (supervisor). "5.2 Grail architecture" (PDF). Adaptive Applications in Mobile Environments: 47. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
