[Catalyst] Bing!

[Matt S Trout]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 02:32:19PM +0200, Sebastian Riedel wrote:
> 
> Am 11.08.2005 um 05:56 schrieb Randall Marbach:
> 
> >Those dang Java and GoF Guys... maybe its time for a
> >twist on the MVC pattern ( ala TIMTOWTDI).. we need a
> >MVCR pattern where R is rules, or possibly MVCP where
> >P is Process, such as in BPEL4WS, which is a XML
> >Language for orchestrating a bunch of business
> >processes, rules, etc, independant of UI,presentation
> >or persistance issues.

BPEL4WS is overhyped, over-specced and patent encumbered. Forget it. W3C's
WSCI is the same thing but without the encumbrance, so still not vastly
useful.
 
> I couldn't disagree more, the one key argument that makes Rails and  
> Catalyst so successful is that they stick to one language.
> Look why most people hate Java frameworks and switch to Rails, it's  
> the XML nightmares.

Yeah. OTOH, all a process/workflow really is is an event driven state machine.

Hmm ... Catalyst::Controller::POE::NFA, anybody?

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