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Yes, this does not make much sense to me. I will stick with Java and Perl until I see a viable reason to Go to something else. Maybe someone will create an impr

by icepat 3y ago

Yes, this does not make much sense to me. I will stick with Java and Perl until I see a viable reason to Go to something else. Maybe someone will create an improved version of C++ (though my skills there are rather Rusty).

LadyCailin 3y ago
I know a guy Rasmus, working on this server side bit called Personal Home Page. Maybe worth checking out.
marcus0x62 3y ago
Yeah, you’d have to install yet another runtime on all of your nodes to support server-side JavaScript. I’ve been playing around with this new language called Python. The indenting syntax takes a little getting used to, but the code is way more readable than Perl. Just be sure to set indent-tabs-mode: nil if you use Emacs.
- gruntled 3y ago
  Perl is the only way to go for serious CGI scripts. It’s so powerful, Python is limited and clunky by comparison. And a new language with syntactically important whitespace? Seriously? It will never displace Perl!
  - marcus0x62 3y ago
    Eh, maybe. well, nice talking. I'm going to go back to writing CFML. My boss bought a bunch of licenses with our last funding round, so I have to use it. I don't think it's going to make it any easier to write our reverse auction site for pet food discount coupons (don't tell anybody - we're still in stealth,) but whatever.
- bazoom42 3y ago
  Python will never work on the web since different platforms use different characters to indicate line break.
  - marcus0x62 3y ago
    Not true. For your Unix hosts, you just need to write a perl script to strip carriage returns before running a script written on Windows, and substitute LF for CR for scripts written on a Mac and for your Windows hosts write a Visual Basic program to add CRs to Unix scripts and add LFs after CRs for Mac scripts. If you figure out how to write an AppleScript program to munge the Unix and Windows scripts, let me know. Manually fixing them in BBedit is getting to be a real drag.

by icepat 3y ago

LadyCailin 3y ago

I know a guy Rasmus, working on this server side bit called Personal Home Page. Maybe worth checking out.

marcus0x62 3y ago

Yeah, you’d have to install yet another runtime on all of your nodes to support server-side JavaScript. I’ve been playing around with this new language called Python. The indenting syntax takes a little getting used to, but the code is way more readable than Perl. Just be sure to set indent-tabs-mode: nil if you use Emacs.

gruntled 3y ago
Perl is the only way to go for serious CGI scripts. It’s so powerful, Python is limited and clunky by comparison. And a new language with syntactically important whitespace? Seriously? It will never displace Perl!
- marcus0x62 3y ago
  Eh, maybe. well, nice talking. I'm going to go back to writing CFML. My boss bought a bunch of licenses with our last funding round, so I have to use it. I don't think it's going to make it any easier to write our reverse auction site for pet food discount coupons (don't tell anybody - we're still in stealth,) but whatever.
bazoom42 3y ago
Python will never work on the web since different platforms use different characters to indicate line break.
- marcus0x62 3y ago
  Not true. For your Unix hosts, you just need to write a perl script to strip carriage returns before running a script written on Windows, and substitute LF for CR for scripts written on a Mac and for your Windows hosts write a Visual Basic program to add CRs to Unix scripts and add LFs after CRs for Mac scripts. If you figure out how to write an AppleScript program to munge the Unix and Windows scripts, let me know. Manually fixing them in BBedit is getting to be a real drag.