I hear that in the servlet environment, you can create a java daemon of sorts, that the web application can poll continuously to see if the job is completed, otherwise return a page that will reload itself 5 minutes later. I like that kind of mixture, and I wonder if the same can be done in the mod_perl enviromment.
I am glad that mod_perl and Apache modules handle database connection pooling, script acceleration, and tight integration and control between the two. Overall I think mod_perl can be designed to scale quite well. Problem is, many people I know still think it's cheap admin glue. I just hope that success stories on perl.oreilly.com is more than just from academic institutions. If just some of the F500 companies can be in that list, I will feel more secure as a Perl professional.
Chris Prather wrote:
Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
Hello Chris,
I read (http://wiki.perlchina.org/main/revision/Ask%20Tim:%20When%20will%20Perl%206%20ever%20get%20done) that Parrot will be coming on production this October/ November. That's version 1.0. I also read claims that Perl6 modules are appearing on CPAN. Sounds like good news. I just hope that I can hang on to my current Perl job until Perl 6 goes big time. Until then, people continue to see Perl as some cheap back-end glue for administrators, while I continue to figure out how to make mod_perl compete with the likes of Java servlets and PHP.
Well I'm biased, but mod_perl is more than competitive in the middleware arena. I use mod_perl as the backend for my applets. The Perl6 packages on CPAN are mostly oriented toward allowing you to write Perl6 style code in Perl5. I suspect that Parrot will reach 1.0 when ever Chip, Leo and Dan decide that it's ready. However that doesn't mean that Perl6 won't be done before that. However since my company still has Perl4 scripts in production, I can only believe that adoption will happen slowly in the marketplace.
-Chris
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