From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,96d170308ed29047 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-16 18:22:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: web scripting References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 01:22:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1053134523 144.132.47.50 (Sat, 17 May 2003 11:22:03 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 11:22:03 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37426 Date: 2003-05-17T01:22:03+00:00 List-Id: Robert Stuckart wrote: > I just saw this on comp.lang.php and if you could use a laugh, here it > is. http://public.yahoo.com/~radwin/talks/yahoo-phpcon2002.htm > > Is there anything available that would allow the use of Ada for > server-side scripting? It is extremely easy to write simple scripts > in PHP, but it doesn't scale well at all. One of the language criteria is that... "doesn't require CS degree to use" so I doubt they are interested in high value skills. > I know this is naive, but I have to ask. Could scripting be the > killer application for Ada? The "killer application" for Ada is the one that -you- write, not one you suggest that others write at some time in the future. Dale