Re: A Succinctness Challenge

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Date: 31 May 2004 10:47:24 GMT

Marc Battyani <Marc.Battyani@fractalconcept.com> wrote:
> Here is what I do in my framework:
> > - immediate responses to function keys acting on the database
> > - pop-up dialogs and menus which handle database contents
> > - unlimited table scrolling through the database
> > - enable/disable GUI components depending on the current state of the

Interesting. I still don't see how you do it in a portable way without
Java, because no other technology gives you a permanent connection to
the server in a portable way. Sorry, I could not find that information
in your paper :-(

I was trying many times to get away from Java (that's also the reason
for the experiments in "lib/htm.l" I mentioned before), not because of
security reasons, but because of poor Java support across many
platforms.

> And also :
> Simultaneous update of all the views for all the users when a value changes.
> On the fly pdf generation with cl-pdf and cl-typesetting,

Besides pdf, we also generate plain PS and LaTeX in some cases.

> It works trough firewalls and proxies.

Firewalls and proxies are not so much a problem, because it only
concerns connections in one direction (from client to server, as the
applet connects backwards). And Pico Lisp also supports a tunneling
protocol.

> > For a more complete application than the simple person database take a
> > loot at "http://bws.software-lab.biz", which is a scaled-down version
> > of a real application. It may not be fully functional because we were
> > too lazy to generate all necessary test data, but you'll get an idea.
> > Login with "test" and "test" and play around a little.

> OK I've played a little with it (though I don't speak German)
> It's a nice Java database application, not really a web application.
> Obviously each framework designer will prefer it's own one, otherwise he
> would have done it in another way ;-)

Yes, we agreed on that before :-)

As you said, it depends very much on the purpose. A web application is
probably easier for an un-initiated user, but for people who have to
work with it 8 hours a day a dedicated application might be preferred.

It would be nice if you could post a solution to the simple person
database of my original posting, using your framework.

- Alex

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