Take a look at JRuby - it uses real threads, and shouldn't have this problem (I think).
-Kyle On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Ahsan Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply Michael. > > Deferred actions are out of the question, since I need to make synchronous > calls to the Web Service. > > EventMachine sounds interesting - I will try it out. > > Ahsan / highandwild > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Michael Klishin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 2008/9/17 Ahsan Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > My question is: is there a better solution with Merb ? Would it better >> > to >> > write a tiny merb app that provided a rest interface to my app and >> > interfaced with the soap web service ? But would Merb, which presumably >> > uses >> > green threads, face the same problem with slow system calls ? >> >> 1. Deferred actions. >> 2. Consider writing EventMachine based soap client that is asyc and >> thus does not block. It can use incoming xml/json requests. >> The problem with blocking and HTTP is, it hurts every time you try to >> do something async via HTTP. >> -- >> MK >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
