At 06:51 đě 3/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: >Claude Mourier 00 wrote: > > > > Why not replace Java by SBasic (for QL/SMS user only, of course) ? > > > > De : Tarquin Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > At the show I was asked about the development of my web browser, I have > > converted the parser in C. At the moment I am changing my development > > environment to one in which I can develop GUI based software. I am unable > > to use Prowess as it is seems to be GPL, rather than (LGPL etc.), so this > > option was ruled out, and so the program will be Wman based. > > At the show I expressed some of the problems of creating a JVM i.e. > > Sun not wanting anything but a 100% compatible JVM or it should not be > > released. I have spent the week looking into the feasibility of creating > > a JVM, and feel it is not feasible. A man doing a RISC OS JVM has > > written over 16000 lines of code and is only 95% of the way there (his > > product is not released yet). I feel my time would be better spent > > concentrating on the browser, rather than one feature of it. Also M$ are > > no longer going to give a JVM away with IE. I may however include a > > simpler virtual machine in the HB package. > >I believe the issue is the support for the existing web content >(whithout a JVM, all the Java powered content will be out of reach or, >at least, crippled). But, to me, your suggestion makes a lot of sense >when we consider a server-side script language: of course, that would >mean that a QL WebServer was on the way. > >António
SB being a Server Side Script language is feasible now with UN*X systems running uQLx.... And a QL specific web server is relatively easy to implement once the TCP/IP stack is stable and complete. Xitami for example (www.imatix.com) is an ideal candidate for that reason... Phoebus
