On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Erik Meijer wrote:

> Probably you missed the announcement of mod_Haskell some time ago.
> Anyway, mod_Haskell gives you a Haskell98 update of my CGI-library
> integrated into Apache (yes, yes, that Linux-based webserver :-)

        No I did not. What I missed is that mod_Haskell does
        contain the upgraded version of CGI library, which
        is based on your paper I cited in my previous post.

        I looked at mod_Haskell before, I even recompiled
        the Apache server, but it failed miserably during
        the startup (the first frightful sign was that the memory
        usage reports went out of bounds - I suddenly became
        the owner of billions of megabytes).
        I do not know the reason yet, but I am a bit reluctant
        to try it again. There was probably some installation
        error I made, but yet.. 
        I'll give it a try again in the future, but 
        .. thank you, I will stay with fastCGI idea for now.
        This was the reason that I have not taken a good
        look inside the mod_Haskell to find more about CGI.hs.

        I owe you my thanks for this new version of CGI
        library. However, that does not invalidate two
        points that I made in my previous post:

        + Give us all a clear picture of current status of CGI.
          Available information on haskell.org pages is misleading.
          Make it clear (on your pages or wherever) that CGI.hs
          is upgraded and that it can be used in the classic way
          -- without fiddling with Apache. You see, you even
          did not make it clear in your last post here.

        + My second point was about lack of cooperation
          between different parties. If Andy's library
          is of any value (and I believe, it is) someone
          should make some concessions in here to make
          those two pieces compatible. We should work
          together towards common goals. I might be
          a bit naive here, though.. :-)

        As for the XMLambda - it looks very interesting,
        and I am sure I'll find some use for it later.   

        Regards,
        Jan



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