Asparagus in a closed environment sounds like a horrible idea. Can you turn a fan on in the lavatory on a space station or bio dome on a space rock?
I mean... ewwww.
Oooo. They created a site that connects to a web service and lists stuff.
I suppose if we gave them a couple more weeks they will have verified income, immigration status, national security checks, and waded through every states muddled regulations for insurance.
It's not a portal. It is a commerce site for a very complicated widget.
The answer is obviously LISP.
I don't know a thing about the details of the problems. I do know all problems can be solved by a magical language. LISP and, ummm, Ruby, and PERL. Yeah PERL. That's all they need.
Problem solved.
Comodore PET in Junior High. BASIC. Pretty progressive for a Junior High School in Cohoes NY.
My final project was ASCII art animation. A Spaceship flying across the screen, then finally blowing up.