Re: [MacPerl] new CGI thread: MacPerl as WebSTAR plug-in?

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

time@ice.com (Tim Endres) writes:
>jar@hopf.dnai.com writes:
>> Can anyone shed any more light on this? Most importantly,
>> can anyone predict whether a MacPERL-interpreter-plug-in
>> is feasible?
>
>The new plugin technology is little different than all other
>plugin stuff on the Mac. It is exciting for WebSTAR in that
>it will allow things programmed as CGI's to run "within" the
>WebSTAR environment.
>
>Htpl will be ported to be a WebSTAR plugin, with the most
>significant gain being that documents will be convered
>directly, as opposed to requiring a cgi interface.
>
>However, there are serious constraints for plugins, especially
>a requirement that they use WebSTAR memory allocation routines
>and the like. Thus, I seriously doubt MacPerl will "plugin".
>An OSA Perl might be different, however....

I mostly agree. However, it might well be possible to recast the current
MacHTTP Perl glue as a plugin, thereby eliminating one of the two AppleEvent
exchanges. But as this doesn't eliminate the non-multithreading nature
of MacPerl, this is not high on my priorities list (the source code to the CGI
clue is available; anyone else is welcome to give it a try).

Matthias

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