----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Spitzer" <marc@...>
To: <IBDI@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [IBDI] Open Source Programming Project Idea...


> Could I get a url for DWS?
>
> Thanks
>
> marc
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Willi Krenn <Willibald.Krenn@...>
> To: <IBDI@egroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, 30. April 2000 6:29
> Subject: Re: [IBDI] Open Source Programming Project Idea...
>
>
> > > To create an equivalent tool with native Interbase support. I
personally
> > > would probably use Delphi ( and of course Kylix when it's out ) to
> develop
> > > it so that both Windows and Linux platforms are covered. My first
> > > suggestion of a scripting language would probably be PHP4 but I'm sure
> > > others on this list may have experince with other scripting languages
> like
> > > DWS ( Delphi Web Script ) or PSP ( Pascal Server Pages ) but as PHP as
> more
> > > widely used it seems like a more logical alternative ( feel free to
> > > disagree and point out the holes in my argument ).
> >
> > As I know DWS pretty well, I'll add some comments here...
> >
> > First: AFAIK PSP is frozen.. ( quote: <<This was an experiment in
> dynamically
> > creating Pascal source code form ASP-style pages. I've since frozen due
to
> the
> > advancement of DSP and DWS .. both excellent candidates much more
advanced
> than
> > PSP... but you may learn something from my messy code!>>)
> >
> > And now for DWS vs PHP:
> >
> > A common misunderstanding is that DWS = PHP for Delphi. And that's not
> true. DWS
> > was developed to simplify the building of ISAPI-Modules in Delphi. (Gain
> the
> > speed of native Delphi - code and the flexibility a scripting laguage
> offers.)
> > The (IMO) main feature of DWS is the ability to extend the scripting
> language
> > very easily. In order to get a new function in the scripting language,
you
> > simply drop a component on your ISAPI-module and write some delphi code
in
> the
> > OnEval function. That's it.
> > DWS also knows plugins (DLLs you may load at runtime) and Libraries (=
> Delphi
> > Components that cover many functions). (DWS 2 will also know true
> OOP-scripting
> > with procedures, custom types etc..)
> >
> > Furthermore DWS is not tied to HTML and webapplication development!
(Some
> guys
> > are using it as scripting language to automate some parts of their
> programs)
> >
> > In case you create an ISAPI module with lots of DWS-functions added, you
> get a
> > scripting language like PHP, that's true.. But as you already pointed
out
> PHP is
> > much wider used..
> >
> > In summing up, I would follow your argumentation, but I'm also sure that
> we will
> > see a similar concept realized with DWS in future.. (Using Interbase as
> main
> > DBMS and IMO the IBOs for DB access)
> > (AFAIK it is planned to develop a complete set of e-commerce
> Plugins/Libraries
> > for DWS (2).. and I'm sure that there will be some kind of development
> tool for
> > it..)
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Willi
> >
> >
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