<s>
Lasso	B-Language
is	O
an	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
server	O
management	O
interface	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
internet	O
applications	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	B-Language
,	O
high-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
a	O
web	O
datasource	O
connection	O
tool	O
for	O
Filemaker	B-Application
and	O
later	O
included	O
in	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
's	O
FileMaker	B-Application
4.0	O
and	O
Claris	B-Application
Homepage	I-Application
as	O
CDML	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
complex	O
language	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
serve	O
large-scale	O
internet	O
applications	O
and	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
simple	O
template	O
system	O
allowing	O
code	O
to	O
control	O
generation	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
other	O
content	B-Application
types	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
is	O
object-oriented	B-Language
and	O
every	O
value	O
is	O
an	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
procedural	B-Application
programming	I-Application
through	O
unbound	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
has	O
a	O
dynamic	B-Application
type	O
system	O
,	O
where	O
objects	O
can	O
be	O
loaded	O
and	O
augmented	O
at	O
runtime	O
,	O
automatic	O
memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
standard	B-Library
library	I-Library
,	O
and	O
three	O
compiling	B-Language
methodologies	O
:	O
dynamic	B-Application
(	O
comparable	O
to	O
PHP-Python	O
)	O
,	O
just-in-time	O
compilation	B-Language
(	O
comparable	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
or	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
pre-compiled	O
(	O
comparable	O
to	O
C	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
also	O
supports	O
Query	O
Expressions	O
,	O
allowing	O
elements	O
within	O
arrays	O
and	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
sequences	O
to	O
be	O
iterated	O
,	O
filtered	O
,	O
and	O
manipulated	O
using	O
a	O
natural	O
language	O
syntax	O
similar	O
to	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
includes	O
full	O
Unicode	O
character	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
string	O
object	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
serve	O
and	O
support	O
multi-byte	O
characters	O
such	O
as	O
Japanese	O
and	O
Swedish	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
transparent	O
UTF-8	O
conversion	O
when	O
writing	O
string	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
or	O
file	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
is	O
often	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
non-scripting	O
contexts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
code	O
can	O
be	O
packaged	O
into	O
standalone	O
executable	O
programs	O
called	O
"	O
LassoApps	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
folder	O
structures	O
are	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
single	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lasso	B-Language
Server	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
runs	O
as	O
a	O
system	O
service	O
and	O
receives	O
requests	O
from	O
the	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
through	O
FastCGI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
hands	O
the	O
request	O
off	O
to	O
the	O
appropriate	O
Lasso	B-Language
Instance	O
,	O
which	O
formulates	O
the	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
uses	O
a	O
high	O
performance	O
IO-based	O
green	B-Operating_System
threading	I-Operating_System
system	O
designed	O
for	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
can	O
be	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
server-side	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
languages	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	O
for	O
development	O
,	O
Lasso	B-Language
allows	O
partial	O
access	O
to	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
add	O
or	O
change	O
major	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Ke	O
Carlton	O
's	O
DS	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Lasso	B-Language
Inline	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
began	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
when	O
early	O
web	O
developers	O
were	O
attempting	O
to	O
build	O
database-backed	O
websites	O
using	O
Apple	O
's	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Mac	O
platform	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
two	O
solutions	O
:	O
Eric	O
Bickford	O
's	O
,	O
and	O
Russell	O
Owens	O
 '	O
,	O
both	O
built	O
in	O
AppleScript	B-Application
and	O
requiring	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
calculation	O
fields	O
for	O
formatting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
WEB-FM	O
was	O
subsequently	O
rewritten	O
in	O
C	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Fall	O
of	O
1995	O
,	O
independent	O
developer	O
Vince	O
Bonfanti	O
wrote	O
a	O
new	O
CGI	B-Language
based	O
on	O
ROFM	O
,	O
using	O
C/C	O
++	O
for	O
improved	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
HTML-based	O
"	O
templates	O
"	O
instead	O
of	O
relying	O
on	O
calculation	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
proved	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
FileMaker	B-Application
community	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
Bill	O
Doerrfeld	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
,	O
a	O
print	O
and	O
website	O
development	O
firm	O
based	O
out	O
of	O
Issaquah	O
,	O
Washington	O
,	O
who	O
bought	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Blue	O
World	O
experimented	O
with	O
improvements	O
for	O
the	O
CGI	B-Language
in	O
the	O
Frontier	O
scripting	O
environment	O
,	O
which	O
inspired	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Lasso	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
need	O
for	O
improvement	O
drove	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
C-based	O
CGI	B-Language
which	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
"	O
Lasso	B-Language
1.0	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
Lasso	B-Language
only	O
worked	O
with	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
3.x	O
and	O
WebSTAR	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
only	O
ran	O
on	O
Apple	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
's	O
popularity	O
grew	O
most	O
notably	O
from	O
reviews	O
in	O
print	O
publications	O
and	O
Blue	O
World	O
's	O
hosting	O
of	O
and	O
participation	O
in	O
many	O
email	O
discussion	O
lists	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
specifically	O
pertained	O
to	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Lasso	B-Language
1.2	O
lineup	O
in	O
January	O
1997	O
,	O
Blue	O
World	O
and	O
the	O
Bonfantis	O
entered	O
private	O
talks	O
with	O
Claris	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
division	O
of	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
and	O
owner	O
of	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claris	O
eventually	O
licensed	O
the	O
post-version-1.2	O
Lasso	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Vince	O
and	O
Paul	O
Bonfanti	O
released	O
the	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Web	O
Companion	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FileMaker	B-Application
Web	O
Companion	O
's	O
language	O
,	O
CDML	O
(	O
Claris	O
Dynamic	B-Application
Markup	O
Language	O
)	O
,	O
differed	O
from	O
Lasso	B-Language
1.2	O
'	O
s	O
LDML	O
(	O
Lasso	B-Language
Dynamic	B-Application
Markup	O
Language	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
close	O
enough	O
as	O
to	O
offer	O
an	O
easy	O
transition	O
for	O
developers	O
looking	O
to	O
serve	O
from	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
through	O
third-party	O
servers	O
and	O
offered	O
more	O
compelling	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Including	O
the	O
Lasso-like	O
Web	O
Companion	O
in	O
FileMaker	B-Application
4.0	O
helped	O
grow	O
popularity	O
for	O
Lasso	B-Language
in	O
the	O
fast-growing	O
Macintosh	O
web	O
development	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blue	O
World	O
continued	O
developing	O
Lasso	B-Language
with	O
Kyle	O
Jessup	O
becoming	O
Lasso	B-Language
's	O
lead	O
programmer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
1997	O
,	O
introducing	O
some	O
fundamental	O
shifts	O
in	O
how	O
Lasso	B-Language
could	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Blue	O
World	O
released	O
Lasso	B-Language
5	O
,	O
a	O
radical	O
departure	O
from	O
the	O
FileMaker-centric	O
language	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
There	O
was	O
never	O
a	O
Lasso	B-Language
4	O
release	O
;	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
skipped	O
from	O
3	O
to	O
5	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
5	O
included	O
,	O
among	O
many	O
updates	O
,	O
a	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
architecture	O
(	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
embedded	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Lasso	B-Language
5	O
still	O
spoke	O
to	O
a	O
FileMaker	B-Application
database	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
to	O
a	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
,	O
FileMaker	B-Application
as	O
a	O
data	O
source	O
remained	O
relatively	O
slow	O
compared	O
to	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
engine	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
prohibitively	O
more	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
v2.0	O
,	O
Lasso	B-Language
was	O
fully	O
multithreaded	O
,	O
allowing	O
many	O
connections	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
but	O
succumbed	O
to	O
FileMaker	B-Application
's	O
latency	O
or	O
lag	O
in	O
certain	O
operations	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
get	O
around	O
it	O
reliably	O
other	O
than	O
to	O
make	O
major	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
data	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
5	O
also	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
Server	I-Application
natively	O
under	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
joining	O
Webstar	B-Protocol
5	O
,	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
IP	I-General_Concept
(	O
which	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
iTools	O
(	O
from	O
Tenon	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Mac	O
OS	O
9	O
,	O
on	O
which	O
Lasso	B-Language
had	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
was	O
unsupported	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
drove	O
closer	O
ties	O
to	O
a	O
classic	O
LAMP	B-Application
server	I-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
Studio	O
1.5	O
for	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
in	O
MacWorld	O
magazine	O
's	O
Editors	O
 '	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
for	O
Internet	O
and	O
Development	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
losing	O
out	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Language
Dreamweaver	I-Language
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
Studio	O
for	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
1.5	O
was	O
also	O
reviewed	O
favorably	O
by	O
MacWorld	O
magazine	O
,	O
earning	O
mice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
version	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
Studio	O
supported	O
both	O
Macromedia	B-Language
Dreamweaver	I-Language
and	O
Adobe	B-Language
GoLive	I-Language
including	O
Lasso	B-Language
Studio	O
7	O
for	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
and	O
GoLive	B-Language
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Advanced	O
version	O
7	O
in	O
2004	O
FileMaker	B-Application
signaled	O
a	O
major	O
change	O
in	O
their	O
strategy	O
for	O
serving	O
data	O
to	O
Web	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
emphasized	O
XML-XSLT	O
,	O
ODBC	O
,	O
and	O
JDBC	O
connectivity	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
through	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Advanced	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blue	O
World	O
began	O
to	O
distance	O
the	O
Lasso	B-Language
language	O
from	O
FileMaker	B-Application
and	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Lasso	B-Language
Pro	O
received	O
MySQL	B-Application
Network	O
certification	O
demonstrating	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
open	O
source	O
database	O
to	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
1	O
of	O
2004	O
,	O
Bill	O
Doerrfeld	O
officially	O
sold	O
the	O
Lasso	B-Language
product	O
line	O
to	O
OmniPilot	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
Ft	O
.	O
Lauderdale	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lasso	B-Language
7.0.3	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
released	O
by	O
Blue	O
World	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
OmniPilot	O
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
8	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
including	O
sandboxing	O
for	O
multiple	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
server	O
and	O
connectivity	O
to	O
many	O
new	O
datasources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
first	O
"	O
free	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
limited	O
to	O
IP	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OmniPilot	O
followed	O
this	O
release	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
complementary	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
Lasso	B-Language
Studio	O
8	O
for	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
and	O
GoLive	B-Language
on	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Lasso	B-Language
Studio	O
for	O
Eclipse	B-Application
,	O
ChartFX	O
integration	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
free	O
Lasso-based	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
three	O
OmniPilot	O
employees	O
,	O
Kyle	O
Jessup	O
(	O
the	O
original	O
developer	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
1.0	O
)	O
,	O
Fletcher	O
Sandbeck	O
(	O
an	O
early	O
employee	O
of	O
Blue	O
World	O
known	O
for	O
regular	O
Tips	O
and	O
Tricks	O
)	O
and	O
Kerry	O
Adams	O
(	O
an	O
employee	O
of	O
OmniPilot	O
)	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
LassoSoft	B-Language
LLC	O
,	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
of	O
Lasso	B-Language
from	O
OmniPilot	O
and	O
continue	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recognizing	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
competitive	O
against	O
much	O
more	O
popular	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
ASP	B-General_Concept
,	O
radical	O
changes	O
in	O
architecture	O
,	O
syntax	O
and	O
structure	O
were	O
made	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
Lasso	B-Language
9.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Canadian	O
company	O
was	O
formed	O
,	O
LassoSoft	B-Language
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
bought	O
and	O
invested	O
heavily	O
in	O
the	O
Lasso	B-Language
9.0	O
language	O
,	O
marketing	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kyle	O
Jessup	O
agreed	O
to	O
stay	O
on	O
as	O
both	O
Lasso	B-Language
's	O
Lead	O
Developer	O
and	O
Benevolent	O
Dictator	O
for	O
Life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
on	O
a	O
Lasso	B-Language
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
brackets	O
are	O
reserved	O
in	O
Lasso	B-Language
,	O
so	O
HTML	B-Language
entities	O
must	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
show	O
square	O
brackets	O
on	O
Lasso	B-Language
pages	O
for	O
other	O
purposes	O
than	O
marking	O
Lasso	B-Language
tags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
printing	O
square	O
brackets	O
can	O
be	O
by	O
Lasso	B-Language
or	O
be	O
disabled	O
by	O
including	O
 [ no_square_brackets ] 	O
at	O
the	O
file	O
top	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inlines	O
are	O
the	O
basic	O
Lasso	B-Language
tool	O
for	O
database	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
can	O
be	O
issued	O
as	O
above	O
,	O
in	O
Lasso	B-Language
's	O
db-independent	O
metalanguage	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
case	O
the	O
same	O
search	O
code	O
works	O
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
or	O
for	O
any	O
other	O
database	O
backend	O
with	O
which	O
Lasso	B-Language
can	O
connect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
needed	O
,	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
statement	O
can	O
of	O
course	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
the	O
inline	O
when	O
using	O
a	O
database	O
server	O
that	O
supports	O
SQL	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
procedural	B-Application
example	O
prints	O
out	O
the	O
lyrics	O
for	O
the	O
song	O
"	O
99	O
Bottles	O
of	O
Beer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
