Re: web scripting

[Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr>]

"Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@akerkvaerner.com> writes:

> "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.

Something strange here. Why do you want scripting on the server side ? It
will just slow down the server with no gain at all!

> > >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.

Indeed. CGI also introduces security problems.

Pascal.

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