From: Daniel P. Brown > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 08:51, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Yeah, that and some Gateway with a Common Interface. > > So any language that could pre-process pre-hypertext would either > have the unique ability to foresee the future, the mundane ability to > "pre-process" plain text (or request headers or anything prior to the > data being classified as hypertext), or the disconcerting ability to > modify reality as we know it. And why bother to do that when you > could just <%= go elsewhere. %>? ;-P One of the items at the top of our wish list for over two decades has been a pre-causal response generator. Processing time for transactions on point of sale systems has always been an issue for us, so we wanted to have the response message ready before the transaction arrived. The next item on that list is a neural interface specifically designed for developers. Unfortunately, neither of those technologies has materialized. > (It's felt like Friday all day.) It still feels like Monday here. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
