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: 2003-05-17 07:54:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!uninett.no!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!news2.e.nsc.no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: web scripting X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.67.225.75 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@telenor.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:54:05 MEST X-Trace: news2.ulv.nextra.no 1053183245 130.67.225.75 Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:53:24 +0200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37448 Date: 2003-05-17T16:53:24+02:00 List-Id: Robert Stuckart wrote: > 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. What you want is a web server which loads "scripts" as dynamic link libraries. The point is of course that you should be able to unload the lilbrary once the work is done. > I know this is naive, but I have to ask. Could scripting be the > killer application for Ada? It could be, if you don't forget that it is a scripting language and not Ada. e.g. you want strings like Borland Pascal does them, not like Ada95. Ideally it should look like a cross between vbscript and Ada. greetings,