[exprla-devel] Re: [xpl] Re: Okay....

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--- In xpl-dev@y..., "Michael Lauzon" <ce940@f...> wrote:
Yes, I know, MivaScript is not a good language to follow its 
footsteps, because it is not extensible, but XPL won't have that 
problem, yes XPL will also work with databases (as Miva does)...but 
the difference is, we will support a multitude of them, unlike Miva.  
Any other people want to help work on the website as well...come on 
people; there are 30 of us on this list altogether?!


--- In xpl@e..., Jonathan Burns <saski@w...> wrote:
> Garreth Galligan wrote:
> 
> > I believe we could happily turn out a version of HTMLScript, hell
> > JAVA's API's have done most of the work for us (and that's just
if 
we
> > want to ignore the sizeable body of components out there that
> > probably already *have* done the work, just plug 'em together). 
Throw
> > it at James Clark's parser and sprinkle in a little JDBC and Bob's
> > your Uncle.
> >
> 
> I'd reckon. XPL would seem to flourish in a rich Message Soup,like 
COM
> and CORBA.
> 
> And ...
> 
> <xpl>
>     <messageform>
>         JavaBeans 1.x.y
>     </messageform>
>     <debugout>
>         Hi! I'm an XPL program, and I speak fluent Java Bean!
>     </debugout>
> </xpl>
> 
> > ...
> 
> > Sure some of Jonathan's ideas may seem off the wall and
> > Aly's "drowning in a sea of GOTO's" (which is a very interesting
> > concept and I haven't stopped thinking about it yet)
> 
> (me neither)
> 
> > would cause most
> > OO programmers to throw fits and curl up in the corner frothing at
> > the mouth. But it's all grist for a debate that must happen
before 
we
> > can begin to commence to proceed on XPL. A debate where the word
> > architecture
> 
> Yes indeed. But we stand to learn heaps, just bybuilding a James 
Clark
> XP parser for the tags we
> have already. The architecture debate can start in
> parallel, and draw on our experience with the
> prototype effort.
> 
> Hah! Those Wright Brothers, how much aerodyamics
> do they know?  :-)
> 
> 
> > is used a lot and I get to stick a least one set of
> > parentheses in every paragraph.
> 
> I promise to give it a rest after this, but Aly's"What is 
compilation?"
> rocked me back on my heels.
> I mean, the idea of compilation was delivered with
> such gravity in the courses I did, that we went away
> thinking it was The Inner Knowledge. The killer was
> that Aly turns out to be very shrewd on software
> architecture.
> 
> The paradigm has shifted.
> 
> I was burning off the weeds and thistles the other day,
> when a couple of 10-yearolds stopped to join in.
> Presently, I discovered I had run into the first
> generation who have never seen Alien. Welcome to
> the 21st Century, Jonno.
> 
> > --------------------
> > WHY do we need XPL?
> > --------------------
> 
> > -------------
> > WHAT is XPL?
> > -------------
> 
> These are the FAQs. Muchas gracias.
> 
> Jonathan
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