----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Asher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [AOLSERVER] Other languages
> B) Languages as independent black box modules. As an example, > support for Gallery (PHP) doesn't imply PHP support > where a PHP module can add registered filters, procs, etc. I would -love- to be able to register procs that use PHP functions.. that would make it easier to adminster some things that I am developing using only php instead of switching back and forth... > What I mainly want is stability. It aggrieves me that neither pywx nor php > are considered to be stable. That leads me to using AOLserver for Tcl, and > using Apache for PHP. After the glibc fiasco and the result of me doubling stackspace on my servers, php is perfectly fine here.. the wierd crashes I was getting have all disappeared, all php applications that wouldn't run right (such as squirrelmail) now run with no problems instead of segfaulting the server... > I am very curious as to what would make AOLserver an even better application > server than it already is. These days I suspect a very healthy support for > XML, XML-RPC, and SOAP are way up there. I suspect the move to using > standard Tcl and therefore support for standard Tcl libraries will go along > way. But what other things, in what other ways, could AOLserver support > your apps? be able to emulate other servers and technologies.. if it could go into IIS or Apache emulation mode, it would let people migrate fast, then slowly migrate to TCL or other native scripting as their time permits. -- Patrick Spence <arivenATarivenDOTcom> www.RandomRamblings.com www.Ariven.com
