Related to prior art: there were already discussions about this subject when the GWT v.s. Morfik case emerged a few months back. The Morfik toolkit itself is in development for over six years now (at least) so one should seek evidence prior 2000, I suppose. And AFAIS Morfik's patent involves not only the fact of "translation" ("what") but also the method (the "how") that they call JST (JavaScript Synthesis Technology). I will be looking into the Morfik patent from this technical perspective and through the looking glass of a convert Morfik developer, as soon as I can at piBlog (http://www.pannonrex.com/blog).