Although you can compile the syntax of Python or Ruby into JavaScript fairly easily, the semantics don't match up very well. You can run <script type="text/cof

Although you can compile the syntax of Python or Ruby into JavaScript fairly easily, the semantics don't match up very well. You can run <script type="text/coffeescript"> today. All of the interactive bits on CoffeeScript.org are implemented with it -- and here's an example of a site that uses it for something a little more creative (View Source): http://thelincolnshirepoacher.com/ http://thelincolnshirepoacher.com/