HI Ovidiu Thanks for the heads up. I guess you spotted I've been trying to catch up with the flowscript discussions as quick as I can and obviously missed some history along the way. Thanks for setting me straight. Sorry for the misdirected noise up to now.
> From: "Ovidiu Predescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 6/25/02 3:04 AM, "James Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Agreed. This was why I'm a fan of using declarative XML languages where > > possible, so visual editors can be used, scripts can be easily analysed, > > transformed etc. > > > > For example take a look at the 'workflow' space of BPML, WfMC, EDOC, WSFL > > and the like are all declarative XML languages and seem to do similar things > > to the 'flow' concept. > > > > http://www.ebpml.org/status.htm > > But all think of flow in terms of a finite state machine. The > continuations-based flow engine which we use allows flow descriptions as > normal programs. When you read such a program, it appears as the function > that executes stops at a certain point, when the response is sent back to > the user, and resumes when the user click a button on the Web browser. It's > much easier to write the code, maintain and enhance it this way. No complex > visual tools (usually $$$) are required for this. It all makes sense now - thanks. James _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
