Method for client-server communications through a minimal interface

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Post by tosh » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 8:48 PM UTC

Method for client-server communications through a minimal interface
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Re: Method for client-server communications through a minimal interface

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Post by leifus » Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 8:31 AM UTC

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that pretty much exactly what ViaWeb did back then? Just use continuations to simulate a "classic" programming environment even if it's spread out over HTTP calls?

Re: Method for client-server communications through a minimal interface

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Post by anewhnaccount2 » Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 8:54 AM UTC

Relevant dead comment from leifus:

> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that pretty much exactly what ViaWeb did back then? Just use continuations to simulate a "classic" programming environment even if it's spread out over HTTP calls?

Some googling provides some corroboration:

https://thelackthereof.org/docs/library/cs/continuations.pdf

Some more frameworks using this style:

https://common-lisp.net/project/cl-weblocks/

https://github.com/SeasideSt/Seaside/