On Wednesday, September 6, 2006 16:56, Tom Jackson said: > it. We can introduce the unique AOLserver APIs to this project. But now we > are back to the beginning: AOLserver isn't unique because of the Tcl > language > after all, it is unique because of the way it solves a particular problem. > If > developers don't like that uniqueness, it doesn't matter what languages > are > supported. I agree, I like AOLserver for what it does; a fast multi-threaded server with DB support better than anyone else's, shared variables better than anyone else's and scripting support (Tcl libs, re-use of the interpreter, etc) better than anyone else's. I happen to like Tcl, but the same thing implemented in Perl or other "toy language" would be equally appealing. The language is just the glue.
To be honest, the only thing that comes close is Java, in a good server like Orion. And Java certainly isn't for beginners; apparently even Greenspun's MIT students can't tame it without programming themselves into an OO corner... I really think what's needed is to include a lot more and pretend it is ours, or at least thoroughly embrace it (TclLib, tdom) and everything is in one place. See my other post for that. If we can than create some more "out-of-the-box" modules like an SQL user repository with API, a framework for making a site multi-lingual (Tcl msgcat wrapper, really) and the like and praise it for all it is worth, like other projects do, I think we have a fair chance of popularizing AOLserver. Now about the name... Bas. -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
