On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] B�rge Kjeldstad wrote:
Qeustion 1: Say I had som program (written in for instance fortran), that did som advanced calculations (like for instance calculating the resistance of a ship hull in water);
Would I then be able to use zope to make som web interface to this fortran program?
Question 2: I know it is possible to do mathematics with python. But is it also easy to combine zope with more specialized math programs like for instance Matlab?
In principle, yes, you can write such a program. In several of the systems I've done, I use a Zope front-end and simply invoke the external program through an External Method or Product or through some sort of RPC mechanism (for example, Zope's XMLRPC). The problem with all these approaches has to do with response time. If the external system responds quickly and if the web's forms based interaction is adequate, then it's a good match. It the program takes a long time to run or if it is highly interactive, then some other approach is needed.