Re: Raku

"An essential part of mod_perl (and something for which I believe there is
no equivalent in
*any* language), is the ability to insert itself deeply into Apache httpd,
and controlling
what happens inside httpd at virtually any stage of an HTTP request
processing."

Like this?
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_lua.html

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 8:45 AM André Warnier (tomcat/perl) <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 22.12.2021 13:19, Wes Peng wrote:
> > Raku has its own WSGI httpserver?
> >
>
> Yes, as there are several similar things for Apache/perl (such as
> Plack/PSGI).
>
> But these frameworks only do *partially* what mod_perl allows one to do.
>
> An essential part of mod_perl (and something for which I believe there is
> no equivalent in
> *any* language), is the ability to insert itself deeply into Apache httpd,
> and controlling
> what happens inside httpd at virtually any stage of an HTTP request
> processing.
>
> This page : https://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/http.html
> contains a diagram of all the "phases" which a HTTP request goes through
> in Apache httpd.
> WSGI/PSGI Frameworks give you access to what happens in the bottom
> "response" block.
> mod_perl gives you access to what happens in *all* the blocks.
>
> For many developers, being able to act at the Response stage is enough,
> and in such a
> case, they will be happy with what a WSGI/PSGI/proxy solution provides.
>
> However, if you want to do deeper things within Apache httpd (such as for
> instance create
> your own authentication/authorization mechanism, or creating your own
> input/output
> filters), and you want to do that using perl as a language, then mod_perl
> is your thing.
>
> >
> >
> >> Has anyone considered having a mod_raku version of mod_perl?
> >>
> >> Merry Christmas to all.
> >>
> >> -Tom
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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