Re: Ada Advocacy - WPG (Web Page Generation) scheme

[Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it>]

Wes Groleau wrote:

> If you want to embed Ada into HTML, instead of inventing
> a new cryptic syntax, use the same syntax as for embedding
> Javascript.

Since it (as I read it) is different from Javascript in two important 
ways, I wouldn't use that syntax:

  1) WPG is intended for server-side use, whereas Javascript is intended
     for client-side use.

  2) Even though the code doesn't look like it, it is actually more an
     attempt at embedding HTML code in Ada programs in an easy way, than
     the other way around.

Altogether I find the PHP inspired (by the looks) syntax very sensible.

My main worry about the idea is to run the programs through the CGI 
protocol.  Starting a separate program every time a page is requested is 
not very efficient.  I think it has to be made into something that can 
be loaded as a module in Apache (and in AWS of course).

Jacob
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