On Aug 19, 2006, at 2:45 PM, has wrote:

> Laine Lee wrote:
>
>> Now if we can just get ascgi back into Server.
>
> Any particular reason why? CGI is a crude, inefficient mechanism,  
> and AS isn't a good language choice given its total lack of web- 
> related infrastructure.

	Can you elaborate on what you call web-related infrastructure?

> ACGI is a niche within a niche within a niche, and Apple is,  
> sensibly, much more interested in adopting well supported  
> mainstream solutions (e.g. Ruby on Rails will be included in Leopard).

	IMHO ACGI is only the equivalent of mod_perl or mod_python, this is  
simply an add-on to Apache WebServer, so if "ACGI is a niche within a  
niche within a niche", the same can be said for Perl and Python, but  
I must admit that ACGI is only targeted for those having a machine  
with Mac OS X (which is a niche :p).

> If you really want to do ACGI then get a copy of ACGI Dispatcher  
> <http://www.sentman.com/acgi/>. It's only a few bucks and does the  
> job. For serious web work there's far better frameworks and  
> languages available and they'd be well worth looking into.

	Satimage is offering an alternative to ACGI dispatcher that also  
does the job and get you connected to your AppleScript environment  
very easily and quickly, ie you can have access to all the features  
of AppleScript and it is far easier to use than ACGI Dispatcher.

Jean-Baptiste LE STANG