This is probably a language looking for a purpose before adding it to
the core. Here's what I use it for; probably abusively too! Could use
untrusted perl to spawn system calls, but shell scripts are much nicer
for shell work not to mention transactional updates of structure and
control scripts make for minimall impact upgrade periods.
- On demand PDFs as generated by Docbook for offline reports initiated
by the database. Ie. Inventory updates to management every N sales
made or when stock is running low.
- Updating static HTML pages with Docbook HTML output when the stored
data changes.
- System provisioning initiation. Rollbacks don't work, but it's not
really important that things are undone immediatly, just that they're
initiated immediatly. Using DB for this removes requirement of
middleware.
--
Rod Taylor
Your eyes are weary from staring at the CRT. You feel sleepy. Notice
how restful it is to watch the cursor blink. Close your eyes. The
opinions stated above are yours. You cannot imagine why you ever felt
otherwise.