Re: [patch #5603] Separate command's parsing from their execution

[Ben Pfaff]

[reviving an old discussion here]

John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:06:39AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>
>      The server, if and when we build such a thing, can then accept
>      syntax as well.
>
> In that case, the 'server' isn't much more than an instance of pspp
> with remote access.  I mean it wouldn't be much different from running
> the gui over a X session.

It's never been clear to me what the actual purpose of a PSPP or
SPSS server is.  Is it to move the data processing closer to the
database that stores the data?  Perhaps I'll have a better idea
of what the protocol should be when I know what the goal is.
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