Phil Davis wrote:
>Here's a long version of what Andu said:
>
>If you access a stack that resides on another computer, (1) you can only
>do it via http, and (2) unless your computer can view the other
>computer's HD as its own peripheral device, the stack loses its
>association with the source stack on the disk of the other computer. In
>other words, once you retrieve a stack, it exists only in your
>computer's memory - it has the same status that a new stack has before
>you save it.
This doesn't mean that I could not access files in other computers
normally in LAN (i.e. using filepaths like \\computerX\dirX\filex.xxx),
right?
>If your server is a Unix box, you can write CGI scripts in MetaTalk (as
>text files rather than as stacks). The scripts can respond to your data
>without becoming part of your local session. And they can access stacks
>on the computer where they reside, and act as your agent there.
Has anyone used MetaCard to do "web shops" or such? Are there
any commong problems? I am looking for a new ISP, and wonder
how handy it would be to get an ISP which agreeds to install MetaCard
on their servers.
-Jarno J�rvenp��
