From: Mikkel Bruun Date: 2001-12-09T05:22:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:27974] Re: App server for Ruby? Yeah....Ive been working with java based application servers for almost 5 years now.... You'll that certain kind of buzzword lingo going quite easily... Honestly...the app server concept is actually quite neat....especially when a whole industry (java industry) are able to agree on common specifications.. Mikkel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Gillespie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby To: "ruby-talk ML" ; Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: [ruby-talk:27967] Re: App server for Ruby? > Mikkel Bruun wrote: > : An application server is a serverbased framework for hosting some sort of > : applications.... > > Thank god for the reflexive axiom. > > : The framework takes care of all the native/os dependent/infra structure/ > : stuff letting the application focus on what really is the problem to be > : solved.... > > Again, this definition is too vague to be of any use. An operating system > qualifies, as a framework that takes care of all the hardware dependent > stuff, letting the application focus on etc,etc,etc... > > : So...could this be modruby??? yeah...modruby could be a simple web based > : ruby server...However, the terms usually means a more complex soultion.... > : * Preinstalled DBI > : * Preinstalled XML > : * Some sort of common interface (servlet) > > : and other infrastructure api such as messaging, transaction handling etc... > > Again, we return to 'term usually means' and 'api such as'. I am looking > for a formal and complete definition, if there even is one. > > : App servers has acutally been around for quite along time...they have not > : allways been web saavy.... > > If 'app server' means 'an operating environment with service APIs', then > yes, they have around long indeed. > > >