Re: [guy@localhost: IPMT specen.]
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:44:13 +0200 (MET DST)
Hiya,
This should be moved away from lir-wg as I suspect this topic is getting
spammy and off-topic for most readers (it's nothing to do with setting LIR/RIR
policy).
Guy, can you set up a small mailing list to deal with IPMT and request
subscribers ?
With regards the mail thread, I've written quite a few HTML/WWW front ends
using CGI.pm/PERL, and they are even modular - subject to the limitations of
the perl module/package structure. See http://dcf.djp.net/141/ and
http://dcf.djp.net/141/source/
The important thing is that the front end must be simple. We require forms and
tables, a little javascript (submit on change and the like) nothing fancy.
That is very simple using the CGI.pm perl module and the advantage of using
perl throughout is a pretty big one.
Cheers
Dave
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Niall Richard Murphy wrote:
->On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 01:06:20PM +0100, Guy Vegoda wrote:
->
->Hey Guy,
->
->> Will the back end DBMS not limit the speed quite a lot,
->> too?
->
->Surely not, especially if a database with a native IP type
->(for example, Postgres) is used, or an equivalent kludge.
->
->> I think you will find the majority of the users being
->> familiar with Perl already.
->
->Yes, as you suggest, some perl is necessary. The question is how much.
->
->> Easier? No. Faster, prettier, better? Yes, you're
->> right on that score.
->
->I have worked on a similar program in the past, and the hardest bit of
->it was getting the front-end code in a manageable and easily extendable/
->modifyable state. Even with CPAN libraries the code is quite complex.
->PHP has the potential to make that a lot easier.
->
->> I think it would be interesting to take a straw pole
->> on this issue, anyhow.
->
->Well, I think I can be pretty sure that Perl will win, but that doesn't
->mean we couldn't save ourselves a lot of effort by being clever.
->
->Niall
->
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