[Typo3-dev] XML idea - nothing to do with it

[dan frost]

Actually, it came out of my work on ObTS. I wanted a way to pick scripts 
for different platforms (e.g. bash, windows/dos etc)  with as little as 
possible code.

I've looked around at some existing language-abstractions and will 
report back when I find a good use for it....

dan

Michael Zedeler wrote:

> dan frost wrote:
>
>> I have an idea and am not sure if it's useful. I've written some 
>> proof of concept code already and it works.
>>
>> Here's a library of functions in different langauages.
>>
>> -
>> <library>
>> <name>Standard Library</name>
>> <function lang="php">
>>     #echo "Hello world";
>>     #phpinfo();
>>   </function>
>> <function lang="bash">
>>     ls /httpdocs
>>   </function>
>> </library>
>>
>> The php i've written goes through an executes a chosen function with 
>> the write language/interpreter..
>>
>> So, any ideas?
>
>
> Hmmmm.... what is the purpose - is it making it possible to write 
> typo3 modules in many different languages or just executing som small 
> utility functions when needed such as the look-for-dead-links function 
> mentioned in another recent thread?
>
> The second thing is fairly straight forward and could easilly be done 
> using the structure that you outline above, although I'd suggest using 
> an exisitng standard. There must be one somewhere out there. OMG IDL 
> doesn't seem to be useful since it doesn't have any PHP binding 
> descriptions.
>
> If it is the first thing, then there is a lot of things to consider 
> with regard to sharing variables and functions between the different 
> languages. Microsoft did some work with that in ASP. Another way to go 
> is UNO (from SUN), though I haven't tried it - a web application 
> framework under the Mozilla organization using UNO exists. I am not 
> aware of any PHP-UNO bridge.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael.
>
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