Re: web scripting

["Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@akerkvaerner.com>]

"tmoran@acm.org" wrote :
> >What you want is a web server which loads "scripts" as dynamic link
>   A web server is just a program.  If you want it to run code that changes
> on the fly, without a restart, then yes, you need to use dynamic loading,
> or interpretation, or CGI, or Annex E or something.  If you know what it
> should do and that doesn't change dramatically or frequently, you can code
> the whole thing in Ada and recompile the whole thing as necessary.  That
> also of course has security advantages.

The main problem is most likely to be errant dll-code. I assume that all
loadable modules would be kept in a secure place.

> >It could be,  if you don't forget that it is a scripting language and not
>   As has been pointed out, Ada is perfectly fine for CGI, and it can
> also be used for dll's or with the Distributed Annex.  Those all give you
> dynamic loading.  So the real question is whether you need a new
> application-specific language for the kinds of programs you intend
> to write in this scripting language.

cgi is not terribly hot with regards to performance.

Read "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum" by Alan Cooper (lots of
self-publicity, but also real insight). Then we can quarrel about whether it
would be worth doing and what might be worth doing.

greetings,