Steve, Yes, I'm executing the Perl script as an AGI. Very useful points!.... I really appreciate them!.
Thanks, Adrian Abramovich On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Steve Edwards <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Adrian Abramovich wrote: > > We are using asterisk 1.4 and we use a Perl script to record some specific >> calls. As far, everything is working well. I was thinking about create a >> module in order to improve script's performance. >> > > (I'm assuming you're executing your Perl script as an AGI.) > > I'd vote for re-writing your Perl script in C. > > Once you get past the small* hit for process creation and AGI environment > setup, the execution time should be very similar between C code executing as > a module and C code executing as an AGI. > > The advantages of an AGI over a module are: > > ) You already know the AGI environment. > > ) Writing an AGI is probably an order of magnitude easier than writing a > module. The 'environment' is much simpler, stable between Asterisk versions > and better defined. > > ) Debugging an AGI is probably a couple of orders of magnitude easier than > debugging a module because it is usually a single threaded process and you > can (within obvious limitations) 'desk test' your code completely external > to Asterisk. > > ) You'll get more support on the mailing lists. A lot more people know how > to write and debug an AGI than know how to write and debug a module. > > ) When (not if) you hit a bug, it only takes out your AGI, not the entire > Asterisk process. The damage is limited to a single call, not all calls in > flight. > > *) You can execute hundreds of AGIs written in C in the time it takes to > load the Perl interpreter and parse your script. > > -- > Thanks in advance, > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------- > Steve Edwards [email protected] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST > Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 > > > -- > ______________________________**______________________________**_________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> >
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