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Date: | 2001-07-11 (15:52) |
From: | Francois Rouaix <frouaix@h...> |
Subject: | RE: [Caml-list] Web Development with OCaml |
To add a few cents to the discussion > 5. An OCaml Web Server. I don't know what's available here yet. > I haven't had the time to research yet. > This could be a very interesting option, especially if it's fast. > This could easily be an excellent option to put behind Tux. > Tux serves number 1. above and passes all dynamic services to this > server. Back in 1996, I had something called V6 running in OCaml; it was an HTTP proxy with a bunch of interesting features, and could serve as a Web server. However, this was a long time ago, and iI implemented only HTTP 1.0, not 1.1. Also, we didn't have threads in native mode in those days. The speed was still reasonable. I remember that I could easily use 60% of our 10 Mb/s network (network still being used by other stuff in the lab). > Is there any interest in a mod_ocaml or a fast-cgi module for OCaml? > I haven't a clue on how to develop either but could possibly learn. :) > After learning OCaml (at least some) first. Actually, I did start an mod_ocaml project a couple of years ago. I had the core working, meaning that I produce a very simple page with the module. However, I stopped before moving forward because of the intricacy of correctly designing the whole thing (configuration, separation of name spaces between user-modules, compilation and loading on demand, etc...). Also, I had doubts about the usefulness of a mod_ocaml. In practice (meaning in the real .com world, where I was working at the time), one uses multiple tier architectures. And you want something in the frontend that is simple enough that non-real programmers can still tweak; something that only does layout, and no logic. If someone is interested, I might be able to retrieve the source. There is a good OReilly book on Apache modules (although Apache 2.0 may make this obsolete altogether). --f ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr