[aklug] Re: Drupal :: the real linux test

* Marc Grober <marc@interak.com> [121012 09:02]:
> On 10/12/12 8:29 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * * *
> > The RFC will be OK with this. Is drupal OK with this? IOWS - does
> > drupal make it easy to use scripts written in languages other than
> > PHP?
> >
> > If it doesn't, drupal is no F*C*I*G linux, and LJ is going to owe me
> > for the $8 I invested in the Ipswich manuals.
> >
> > BTW: I posed this question to the forum and got no answer. Screw
> > 'em.
> >
> > OK, you drupalers, let me know what you think. I wear the same type
> > of flame-proof knickers as does Arthur.
> >
>
> Drupal largely provides templates and a gui for the db's manipulation
> and it presents a display that is assembled on request based on the
> templates and db routines. In a very real sense that is historic unix
> behavior and I built perl based web apps in much the same manner almost
> 20 years ago. Perhaps the reason you did not get an answer is because
> the purpose of using drupal is to take advantage of the tools that
> Drupal is.

 Marc, you didn't answer my question about the URL!
 
 Forgive me if I sound a bit crabby here and don't take it
 personally - but I have considerable *tools* in python and other
 programming languages - am I going to have to just give them up?

 That wouldn't be linux-ish, in my book.
 
 thanks

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Tim 
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http://www.akwebsoft.com
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