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Maybe you know this better than me. Were non-JVM native languages available 20 years ago for Java applets? My conception of it is that they were pretty much Ja
by nequo 2y ago
Maybe you know this better than me. Were non-JVM native languages available 20 years ago for Java applets?
My conception of it is that they were pretty much Java only (with Clojure and Scala also available in the later years before they got deprecated?). Is this conception wrong?
- nine_k 2y agoYes, you could write applets in other languages. The choice was rather narrow, but you could use [Python], [Scala], or [JRuby]. [Python]: https://www.jython.org/jython-old-sites/archive/21/applets/index.html https://www.jython.org/jython-old-sites/archive/21/applets/i... [Scala]: https://cs.trinity.edu/~mlewis/ScalaApplet/scalaWebApplet/WebAppletsInScala/WebAppletsInScala.html https://cs.trinity.edu/~mlewis/ScalaApplet/scalaWebApplet/We... [JRuby]: https://www.jruby.org/getting-started https://www.jruby.org/getting-started — offers to run as an applet in the first few lines.
- eecc 2y agoalso JavaScript. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashorn_(JavaScript_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashorn_(JavaScript_engine)
- fulafel 2y agoSome other >20 year old JVM languages not yet mentioned in sibling commins: Kawa (a Scheme) and Groovy (a JVM native dynamic language)