Re: [pygame] Pygames on a webpage

[Bob Ippolito <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 1, 2005, at 1:39 PM, andrew baker wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 16:58:00 +0000 (GMT), David Holland
> <davholla2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I know that there are various games that are written
> > in Java that can be played from a webpage ie :-
> > http://www.darkfish.com/checkers/index.html
> > Is it possible to do the same with python games ?
> > And are there any tutorials on how to do it ?
> Well, Guido van Rossum actually did create a browser in Python called
> Grail that can run Python apps, however there don't seem to be any
> other browsers capable of this.  From what I gather, it is more
> difficult to sandbox Python than Java or Flash.  Anyone who can create
> a SECURE plug-in to run Python in a browser would probably be revered
> as a saint.

More like a miracle worker.  Python is NOT SECURE, and it would require 
a HUGE amount of effort to audit the runtime and make it secure.  You'd 
probably be better off starting from scratch.

You could embed Jython in a Java applet on a web page, and that would 
be as secure as Java is.  Of course, you wouldn't be able to use 
pygame, because it's not pure Python.

-bob