On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:40:06 -0700, Garry wrote:
> Would there be any interest in some observations
> on Perl, and its relation to SurvPC, or will that
> bore you guys to tears?
Perl is C-like, so I guess some programmers here will
be interested...
Me, for example, I've been trying to upgrade my new
employer's database system (currently FoxPro for DOS),
to either FoxPro for Windows and VFP, but got a bunch
of crashes already. Most likely some of the current
PCs just doesn't have enough memory to run the more
bloated newer FoxPros reliably.
Currently I'm looking for alternatives, one of the
possibilities is as follows:
* An intranet client-server setup
* The server is a web server (probably under Linux),
connected to either MySQL or ProgreSQL through Perl
scripts (the actual apps).
* The various clients simply accessing the web server
with whatever browsers/platforms suitable for them.
Range from Opera/Win3x (slow 486s) to MSIE/Win98
(P-IIIs).
The security level, etc., should be about the same with
pure thin client scheme (X-Windows apps), but the client
could be anything (even a 286) -- as long as they have
some sort of web browser.
Well, guys, whaddayathink? ;-)
--Eko
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