in reply to Perl 6 and trend towards web-based applications

Here's a prediction for you, soon the term "web-based application" will be considered too vague, indistinct, and passe. Much like the terms "MSDOS-based application" or "Windows-based application".

PHP peddlers, Python purveyors, and Perl proponents love to duke it out amongst themselves every now and again, but there's a plethora of platforms out there, that don't even start with the letter "P" ... case in point, there's Laszlo that uses XML and Java to Generate Flash SWF.http://www.openlaszlo.org

This stuff is getting too mixed up and heterogenous for the term "web based application" to hold much weight anymore.

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Re^2: Perl 6 and trend towards web-based applications
by wolfger (Deacon) on Jan 18, 2005 at 14:09 UTC
    Here's a prediction for you, soon the term "web-based application" will be considered too vague
    ...
    PHP peddlers, Python purveyors, and Perl proponents love to duke it out

    So perhaps the new term will be "P-based applications"?

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