Hi Michael,
Am 21.12.2007 um 14:58 schrieb Michael Marth:
<rant>
Regarding the sentiment that scripted web apps are "for beginners",
do not
support a structured deployment or development process and do not
perform
well: yes, it is true that compiled code runs 1000x faster than
interpreted
code (I just made up that number) and that scripting languages are
often not
type safe. But still, the web is full of extremely successful web
technologies made with interpreted/scripted languages and extremely
scaled
web sites built upon them (e.g. Perl, ColdFusion, PHP, Rails,
yScript and
Yahoo, Facebook, Myspace respectively). So, in all seriousness, I
do not at
all agree with equating scripting and
beginner/non-professional/unstructured. Moreover, I do not see
scripting as
an upgrade path to "the real thing". If we want to attract script
developers
to use sling to build web apps we should not think this way. To me,
scripting is fine.
</rant>
It was not my intention to state that scripting is "unprofessional".
Actually I like scripting very much as well! I wanted to describe the
full broadness between "dirty" scripts on one side and fully-
statically-checked java code on the other side. My fault that I didn't
make myself clear here.
I can understand both sides of the discussion because both are needed.
It just depends on the user's or customer's requirements.
Alex
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Alexander Klimetschek
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