In a message dated Fri, 25 Oct 2002, bob ackerman writes: > > Any thoughts? Obviously I'd prefer something I can do with pure Perl, but > > if I have to dip into ObjC or even Java, I can deal. > > are you saying you are going to pick a language to write the app in?
No, the app will be in Perl, but I'm using CamelBones, so I assume I can link into random ObjC Cocoa code, though I haven't tried that yet. I've either written Perl apps, or ObjC apps, but haven't mixed them so far. > then you can use sockets in perl for the apps to communicate. > assuming you can get a list of hosts on the network. No, I can't. That's what I mean by "Ad-hoc." The app is going to be a collaborative meeting-assistant app. The machines will connect to each other via AirPort or a hub. It will need to work even if there's no connection to the Internet. > the app could start by seeing if a socket is listening at any of the other > host machines. I don't know what the other host machines are. This app is for neophytes, so requiring they type the addresses of their peer machines somewhere wouldn't be very user-friendly. Ideally I'd like to have some sort of auto-discovery mechanism. Trey
