I just posted an interview on InfoQ.com discussing the Curl RIA platform. Curl sounds like a pretty nice set of technologies, it includes the programming language, IDE, and client-side runtime. It sounds like a very similar model to Adobe AIR and Flex in terms of how they break things up and the programming model. I haven’t had a chance to use Curl yet, but they claim to be superior to Flex in performance and security.
I was a bit struck by how much they highlight their benefits in contrast to Adobe Flex. I guess that is a sign that Flex is really a top dog in the RIA market. Curl is more focused on the enterprise niche, and they don’t expect to see the Curl runtime on every computer in the world. So, it fits more in environments where the deployment environment can be controlled. Check out the interview to learn more about Curl.
