At 3:54 PM -0600 12/23/03, Rod Adams wrote:If parrot is fast enough at threading and general computation, I'd see a PPWAS as an amazing attractive target platform.Right, but all of this can be dealt with via mod_parrot running under Apache, which strikes me as the more sensible thing to do--they've already worked out all the network protocol stuff and other grotty low-level bits.
- Open Source Specs & Code.
- Multiple native languages
- Could relatively easily port your php & jsp web apps over.
- Ability to cross talk between your various languages.
A marriage between Parrot and APR (Apache Portable Runtime) might be a marriage in heaven, in that respect. For those not in the know, APR contains most of the grotty low-level bits.
Liz
