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On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:07 AM, Billy Earney <billy.earney@gmail.com> wrote:
> Students can create, edit, load, save, and execute Python scripts directly
> in the browser.

Importantly, these scripts are actually executed in the client - they
are NOT being sent to the server for execution. That means there are
limitations on the language, to be sure, but none of the security
risks of letting untrusted users run Python code on the server.

ChrisA