From: pc000@... (PaulC)
Date: 2001-09-11T21:19:11+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21071] CGI.rb (was Re: Minor cgi.rb question)

Lars Christensen <larsch@cs.auc.dk> wrote in message 
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> 
> > If someone wants to write next generation CGI library, I would
> > encourage him.
> 
> If anyone is willing to take upon him-/herself the task of writing it, I
> have a few wishes:
> 
> - Separation of matters (I personally don't use the html writing code when
> writing CGI scripts, I write the HTML myself. This could be in a seperate
> library).
> 
> - Open for integration with fastcgi/cgisock. (Should for example not rely
> on the global constant ENV having QUERY_STRING, etc, although it can
> default to it).


I would concur with the above and also add to the list -

- Encapsulate the activation protocol (eg easy to transition client
from CGI
  to App-Server (Servlet) etc)
- Thread Safe (see above)
- Hooks to support extension for other protocols over HTTP 
  (WEB-DAV, XML-RPC etc.)

I had actually separately been thinking about putting together a
Servlet based
interface (Request/Response objects w.multiple protocol adapters etc)
and unless anyone else happens to be doing something already would be
prepared to
give this a go - I sould be able to get some initial thoughts out in
the next
few days.

PaulC