[malone]

How about node-webkit?

https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

It's basically Chromium on top of nodejs. Then you can mix your C++ code with nodejs via addons.

http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html

[fat0wl]

Yeah this is the closest so far -- a fleshed out version of the RPC avenue.

Thanks so much for the responses, these are really great ideas.