On Tuesday 17 August 2004 13:46, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > Just the other night, I had the need to implement a non-HTTP server in > AOLserver in order to implement the TiVo "beacon" connection for the > Home Media Option (MHO) feature of the Series2 TiVo. I thought about > both Vlad's and Stephen's approaches, and decided I'd rather stay > pure-Tcl instead. Here's what I came up with:
Well, of course... If you only have a hammer than everyting looks like a nail! I do not recall who coined this phrase in the first place, but it can be applied very good here. The non-http functionality of the AS can be implemented with Lego-pieces already there, no doubt about it. Works fine for prototyping. Not more. The thing is: you may couple tclhttpd with some db-libraries plus Tcl threading extension and get more-less a fully functional, performant multi-threaded webserver in no-time. Yet, we still use AS. The question is: why? Let other people speak-up and we'll see the consensus. Then, we may act accordingly. Zoran -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
