Steve Odendahl wrote:
> What plans are there to allow scripting languages in the next JSP spec?
> Will the vendors be able to decide which languages they support (given that
> they must support Java at a minimum)?
JSP 1.0 already allows other scripting languages. That's what the
<%@ page language=javascript %> is for. Resin (http://www.caucho.com) supports
both Java
and JavaScript as valid JSP 1.0 languages.
>
> I realize that there may be some difficult issues involved in updating the
> spec to provide for other languages. However, Python (via JPython) and
> JavaScript don't seem like they would be too tough to implement, given the
> hooks to Java they already have.
Of course, the real trick in implementing a scripting language in Java is
performance.
>
> Or is the intent that the custom tags will remove any need to support
> scripting languages? It looks like, in that case, there will still be
> problems like this one, and probably other yet-undiscovered ones as well.
> Some freedom in choice of language might make it easier to leverage
> everybody's skills, and remove another possible managerial objection to
> using JSP. ("Waddaya mean, my web designer has to learn Java!? She
> already knows JavaScript ... maybe we should be using ASP instead.")
Well, JavaSoft does have a vested interest in making Java the One True Language.
:-)
So you're probably right about the intent. Nevertheless, the hooks are there for
other
scripting languages.
Scott Ferguson
Caucho Technology
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