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