On 19-Jan-07, at 3:55 PM, bbrown wrote: > Hmm, yea; from a developer perspective it is much easier. Makes > more sense. > >> From a user perspective, sometimes it can be a pain to keep up with > installing the C library (dll, etc). The 100% java jdbc interface > is a lot > more plug and play. > > Of course, Mark and the MySQL guys can maintain that socket > interface a lot > easier.
A direct socket interface will also allow multi-threaded operation (since Factor's threads are co-operative, but all I/O is non-blocking at a low level. So calls to the C library would block but socket operations can yield to other Factor threads). Slava ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
