> Hi folks, > > what do you think, does it make sensse to use webfs (or something > similar) for web servlets (eg. instead of cgi) ?
it depends entirely on your application. if it is simple to maintain all the state you need in the fs, i'm not sure why you'd go to the bother. on the other hand, if there is a lot of state and it's slow-loading, using a fileserver (i'm not saying webfs is the right one) could be a good deal. i built a website with a combination. (i'll modestly take all the credit!) the cgi were small, fire-and-forget critters that decryped the handle to the server state, sent an rpc to the server and built a response page. while our rpc wasn't 9p, it sure could -- and should -- have been. it would have made life much easier. the idea is to seperate presentation and url marshalling issues from processing. i think php (for example) makes a big mistake by combining the two. - erik
