Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that pretty much exactly what ViaWeb did back then? Just use continuations to simulate a "classic" programming environment even if it's spread out over HTTP calls?
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that pretty much exactly what ViaWeb did back then? Just use continuations to simulate a "classic" programming environment even if it's spread out over HTTP calls?
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[ 0.27 ms ] story [ 50.1 ms ] thread> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that pretty much exactly what ViaWeb did back then? Just use continuations to simulate a "classic" programming environment even if it's spread out over HTTP calls?
Some googling provides some corroboration:
https://thelackthereof.org/docs/library/cs/continuations.pdf
Some more frameworks using this style:
https://common-lisp.net/project/cl-weblocks/
https://github.com/SeasideSt/Seaside/
> 1997-05-27 Application filed by Altaba Inc
> 1998-01-05 Assigned to VIAWEB, INC.
> 2019-03-10 Application status is Expired - Lifetime