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bmacho • today at 3:11 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

Why don't they make a DOM/SVG front-end for the browsers? (Not canvas!)

It could serve as the engine for new, fun, interactive websites!


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d-us-vb • today at 3:58 PM

If you love that idea but don't mind the switching out the language, CLOG [1] does this on Common Lisp.

[1] https://github.com/rabbibotton/clog

em-bee • today at 3:57 PM

you mean like amber smalltalk?

https://www.amber-lang.net/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Smalltalk

or more like https://squeak.js.org/ ?

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adius • today at 8:09 PM

Cuis Smalltalk (https://cuis.st) uses vector graphics for its rendering engine!