There were attempts back in the day, like Ripterm, and CGI interfaces that worked in almost any language. Things like Compuserve and AOL came in proprietary an

There were attempts back in the day, like Ripterm, and CGI interfaces that worked in almost any language. Things like Compuserve and AOL came in proprietary and then pivoted to internet as we know it. Netscape and WinTCP became common and now we have webkit, gecko and chromium.