>
> Ray,
> For reference, I quote your post to me below, in which you claim that
> PERL/Python are used only by sysadmins (and not for the web), and in
> which you claim apache/sendmail are *themselves* standards because
> they support standard protocols. I guess that means that my Apache
> module (http://germ.semiotek.com/ticket/) is going to work just
> fine under another server?
I didn't claim they were *only* used by sysadmins, but there is alot
more *NON*-webcentric Perl and Python code floating around than
web-based code. You know as well as anyone that the web is a relatively
recent occurance, and didn't even appear on most people's radar
until XMosaic was released in '93. Perl had a rich history before that,
and at that point, I already had about 100,000 lines of Perl code under
my belt, most of it non-web-related. That's why I said most
young-un's these days seem to think that the Web == The Internet,
and don't even know about things like UUCP, or the internet before
DNS took off.
I didn't claim Apache was a standard, I claim that it *IMPLEMENTS*
a standard, several in fact, including HTTP, MIME, and a basketful
of RFC's.
Same goes for sendmail. It's a standards implementation of dozens
of mail related RFCs.
Quoting Myself:
> > Argument seems to work. There are few, if any, IDEs for Perl and Python.
> > Are Perl and Python a success? yes, if you count sysadmins and Unix
> > housekeeping scripts. As successful as C, C++, COBOL, and Visual Basic?
> > Some Web consultants seem to have a worldview with heavy blinders on.
> > Apache *IS* a standards implementation: HTTP.
> > Sendmail is a standards implementation: SMTP.
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