From Handwiki ![]() Grail 0.6 running under Python 2.7 on Linux | |
| Developer(s) | Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 1995 |
| Preview release | 0.6
/ 1 April 1999 |
| Repository | sourceforge |
| Written in | Python |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Free software license[1] |
| Website | grail |
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.[2] The last official release was version 0.6 in 1999.
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.[3][4]
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.
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