Re: Web services

From:

James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>

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comp.lang.c++

Date:

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:00:57 -0000

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On Oct 11, 3:01 pm, Neelesh Bodas <neelesh.bo...@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2007-10-11 13:05, tony.johans...@uht.se wrote:

Typically when I read such questions on this forum, I always wonder -
what would be the reason for somebody to insist on C++ for doing
things like web-services / web-application, where (IMHO) there are
plenty of easy-to-use langauges and tools available? Are there any
technical reasons for doing so? Would somebody (in the real world)
really use C++ for writing, say a web application?

At the lowest level, the question would really be the reverse:
would somebody really use any other language for writing
something like Apache, or Firefox? Or any of the other tools
which offer the higher levels of abstraction.

For a web site based on such tools, I imagine C++ still finds
use as a calculation engine, although I don't quite see it being
used to interface directly with the engine; the necessary
infrastructure is missing.

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