Re: RPG and Web.. (was Using OO concepts in RPG)

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 May 2003 15:54:19 -0400
 Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What I'm saying is that the resources on CGI programming
> in other languages, like Java and Perl and Python (to
> name a few), generally provide much much better advice on
> the subject, especially regarding the risks. (And as you
> well know, there are risks to not escaping text and
> URL-encoding query strings.) So yeah, for that reason
> alone I'd recommend staying away from CGI RPG
> programming.
> 
> Cheers! Hans

Let me know when you get your web programming manual out
then so I can nitpick.  It's easier obviously easier to
criticize than to do it yourself, Hans.  I think that's the
biggest problem here, not that RPG is or isn't a good CGI
language.  Maybe ego?  Nahh.... couldn't be.

But, thanks for comparing me to the developers and
documenters of Java, Perl and Python.  If all I missed was
telling them how to encode and escape, I'd say I did better
than anyone that doesn't just write documentation for a
living.  After all, those topics, as Matt pointed out, have
nothing to do with RPG.  And if I included ALL of the rules
of the HTTP protocol, all HTML tags, etc... well, it would
be bigger than a unix manual.  

If I do get eRPG(v3) out, I'll send you a signed copy.  

You flatter me, Hans.  Even though your intent was the
opposite.  ;)

Brad
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