On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:21:28 +0300, "Piroumian, Konstantin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for a wonderful lecture. Now I understand why Scheme language > is used and why people love/will love it. But all that is possible > with other means too, although it will require implementing > something similar to continuations concept. (We have something like > that, see my response to Berin's critics). Anyway, continuations > concept is a great idea and I'm going to like it ;) Yes, it is possible, it is called continuation passing style. Read Maciek's message for an example of how it can be achieved. > > > I'm not a newbie in Cocoon, but even I am tired of revolutionary > > > changes in it (C1 - C2 - .. - [C2 + Schecoon - Actions]), lack of > > > documentation, etc. and it's going to be very hard to convience > > > other people even to try it. > > > > I actually like changes, even though a really good friend of mine > > keeps saying "change is bad" ;-) They make the life more exciting, if > > properly plan for them. > > > > I prefer evolutionary but not revolutionary changes. After I've been > migrating our application from C1 to C2 I started to hate changes ;) ;-) I understand where you're coming from. > Btw, because of difficulties and required too much time to migrate from C1 > to C2 our project architects decided to switch to a more standard and stable > technology, like JSP (and Struts). That's why we don't use Cocoon anymore. I > think that our case is not unique. Hm, that's sad. But I guess this is an indication we need better documentation and examples. It also takes a lot of time for a technology to mature, until all the rough edges are rounded. > > I hope the description I gave above provides a gentle enough > > introduction to continuations. > > Yes, it was quite clear. It worth at least to be placed in a readme file in > Schecoon directory. All right, I'll add it in there. > > Schecoon will not preclude you from using the concepts so familiar to > > you today. Schecoon is yet another sitemap implementation, which you > > can mount from either the compiled or interpreted versions. If you > > don't need flow control, you don't need to use it. But as you become > > familiar with it, you will be able to switch back and forth between > > implementations. > > Ok. I'll look at it when there will be a sample. I'll let you know when there's something to see. > Thank you for your time. You're welcome! Best regards, -- Ovidiu Predescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/7464/ (GNU, Emacs, other stuff) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
