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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Wasabee 0.0.2 (Ada Web browser) downloads
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:48:40 -0700, Tarjei Jensen wrote:

> Impressive!
> 
> I would assume that it would be most practical to divide the project at
> least into two. One browser and one rendering engine.
> 
> I think people might want to use the rendering engine in other projects.
> 
> As far as scripting goes, it is difficult to avoid JavaScript. If you
> want something more suitable for humans, I would suggest something like
> basic. Mainly because basic tends to be readable and have sensible
> string functions.

If you need scripting (in addition to Javascript which is ubiquitous...)

Rather than adding Basic, why not pull in the SparForte project, and 
script in Ada?

-- Brian