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

[time@ice.com (Tim Endres)]

In Regards to your letter <v02130500ad1b674ed77c@[205.179.18.137]>:
> 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....


tim.

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