Re: [WEB400] Re: CGI URL

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:34:41 -0600
 "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@RELATIONAL-DATA.COM> wrote:
> > From: "Brad Stone" <brad@bvstools.com>
> > We're still waiting for BIFs to be included in RPG to
> do
> > this.  Or is that too much to ask.
>
> Brad,
>
> Are you serious?  Extend RPG with CGI BIFs?  Would BIFs
> be more appropriate
> than procedures in a service program?

Yes.  Then we wouldn't be having this argument because RPG
would have "built in" functionality that Hans argues
Perl/Python have.  And we all know how well open source
modules, etc. goes over, at least in the small world that is
these mailing lists.  :)

>
> > I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets tired of
> hearing how
> > great Perl, Python, etc are...
>
> Well, it does set the stage for rebuttals, and for
> telling how great RPG CGI
> is, and keeps the RPG community from becoming too
> isolated.  No?

Isolated from what?  Applications languages that don't even
function on our machine?  Well, sure, there are "ports" but
using them instead of RPG, COBOL, C, or any other native
language (even Java!) is ludicrious...  "MOVE... Get out tha
way..." haha..  sorry..

Brad