From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA10202; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:08:04 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA10194 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:08:03 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aomori.annexia.org (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5KN7xSH011480; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:07:59 +0200 Received: from rich by aomori.annexia.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BcBPr-0003Ok-00; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:07:59 +0100 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:07:58 +0100 To: James Leifer Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] mod_caml's bytecode restriction due to Apache or just CGI dyn'linking? Message-ID: <20040620230758.GA13051@redhat.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 40D618CF.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 caml's:01 2004:99 dynlink:01 statically:01 natively:01 glue:01 natively:01 autoconf:01 automake:01 compiles:01 rpms:01 ltd:98 caml:01 bytecode:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:38:32PM +0200, James Leifer wrote: > So... Is the limitation to use bytecode due to the desire to support > *dynamic* linking of CGIs or for other reasons? Basically, yes. We would need a version of Dynlink supporting native code. > If only the former, then could one simply forgo this feature and > *statically* link all the natively compiled CGIs together with the > mod_caml glue to make a library that gets delivered to Apache? If > the price is that I have to restart Apache when changing my CGIs I > would be willing to pay it. 'Tis possible. However I don't have any applications where having natively compiled CGIs would make any noticable difference, so this isn't the sort of thing which Merjis would develop. However if you have patches ... Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment MAKE+ is a sane replacement for GNU autoconf/automake. One script compiles, RPMs, pkgs etc. Linux, BSD, Solaris. http://www.annexia.org/freeware/makeplus/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners