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Re:Brython, Python in the browser by pcwalton on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @10:46AM (#5134570)
NaCl is not needed for that. Embedding CPython into the browser has been done for some time now with Emscripten. Here's a demo: http://syntensity.com/static/python.html

This has the advantage over NaCl that it works in all browsers, not just Chrome. It's also portable.

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Re:Brython, Python in the browser by willvarfar on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @01:59AM (#5138470)
The point of a NaCL VM would be its speed. It could actually be PyPy or something, for real. Embedded just like the Flash or Java Applet runtime (in the NaCL container, which we have rather better security salts [pun] about.
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