Re: [Slashcode-general] Can I run slashcode via cgi-bin of an ISP?

[Chris N. <pu...@po...>]

At 13:10 -0400 2001.04.20, Morbus Iff wrote:
>Slashcode should be a tool, like any other. We shouldn't pass judgment on
>the users of the tool until we see what comes of it. Maybe I hate computers,
>but I'm the greatest writer in the world. I should be shafted with an
>inadequate script, or large install fees from my ISP just 'cos I'm dumb?

Who says you are getting shafted?  You are saying every quality tool should
be usable by people who don't have the knowledge to use them.  This just
isn't the case.  We've already gone over specific reasons why it would be
extremely difficult to do what you want to do.  That is not elitism.  That
is a fact of life.


>How many "knowledgable admins" do you know?

I know more knowledgable admins than I know unknowledgable computer users,
I think.  :-)


>How many of them really have the
>time to write good, top notch stories on a regular basis?

I am not sure what being an admin has to do with writing stories.


>How many of them
>are doing a thousand other flipping things? I consider myself a knowledgable
>admin with programming knowledge. I have little time to jump into the
>intricacies of Slashcode, or to spend a day tweaking the server for it,
>testing all my previous hacks to make sure everything is alright.

Again, compare to Apache.  If you want to run it, you need to invest in
some time.



>Oh, that I don't doubt, which is why I had mentioned "Slashcod" and not
>something like "Slashcode-Lite" for a name.

But there's two problems:

* Even that name makes it sound like it is based on Slash
* If you really want to do all you've said -- which I think is probably
impossible unless you have a lot of time that you said you don't have --
you shouldn't base it on Slash, but basically start from scratch


>The visible "i'm a reading user"
>are what's important to me - not the wonderful speed of the code, the power
>of the template-toolkit, or similar.

It has nothing to do with the power of the toolkit.  It has to do with
"this is how it is done," and to change that will take a lot of work.

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