Grail (web browser)
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Grail was a free extensible multi-platform web browser written in the Python programming language. The project was started in August 1995, with its first public release in November of that year.[4] The last official release was version 0.6 in 1999.
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Original author(s) | Guido van Rossum[1][2] |
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Developer(s) | Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) |
Initial release | August 1995; 28 years ago (1995-08) |
Preview release | 0.6
/ 1 April 1999; 25 years ago (1999-04-01) |
Repository | sourceforge |
Written in | Python |
Type | Web browser |
License | Free software license[3] |
Website | grail |
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One of the major distinguishing features of Grail was the ability to run client-side Python code, in much the same way as mainstream browsers run client-side JavaScript code.[5][6]
The name Grail is thought to be a tribute to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a film by the British comedy group Monty Python. The name follows a similar suit to that of Python's─the programming language was too named after Monty Python.