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From: Paolo Donadeo <p.donadeo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:00:23 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] web server interface for Ocaml ( like rack, wsgi, ...)?
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X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocamlnet:01 ocaml:01 gerd:01 ocamlnet:01 threading:01 model:01 W6:98 unix:01 stack:01 caml-list:01 match:02 asynchronous:03 connector:95 concurrent:04 

> It would be nice to have something like this; the existing web
> frameworks (e.g. Ocamlnet and Ocsigen as another poster mentioned)
> implement the whole stack, but it would be nice to be able to mix
> and match (e.g. run Ocsigen's Eliom applications in Ocamlnet's
> Netplex server).

Ah! So I'm not the only one to think that this could be a killer
application and a huge driver for the diffusion of OCaml.
Unfortunately the Ocsigen team doesn't consider a FastCGI connector a
priority of any kind, and of course, Gerd doesn't have interest and
time in porting Eliom on Ocamlnet. It's a royal pity!


> My impression is that rack / wsgi punt on this issue, and assume
> threading. But an OCaml equivalent could possibly offer both a
> concurrent/asynchronous and a direct-style interface.

I don't know wsgi, but FastCGI is completely agnostic with regarding
to the concurrency model. A FastCGI server is an application listening
on a socket (Unix or Internet), and that's all.

My dream is *really* Eliom over Ocamlnet.


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