I don't plan a new release as Rugby is pretty stable and feature complete. I might switch to async IO for the server and the deferred part once it becomes available.
--maarten > > > > Thanks a lot, that's what I what I wanted to know. I also thought about > push > > (in opposite to deffered polling) IRC like behavior, but the question is, > if > > it is really good to keep "channels" opened, as it will surely mean memory > > allocations.... > > > > In regards to scenario you describe below - you can have several Rugby > > servers running. The basic load balancing is - you simply loop your > requests > > thru all your running Rugby server instances. My question is - what > happens > > if you are trying to connect to Rugby server, and it is bussy doing some > > task? You will block, till connection is not accepted or refused, right? > So, > > it is good to write server tasks in some clever way, perform some part of > > the task, and return back to main loop to see if someone wants to connect > to > > us (and queue the request).Wasn't such concept present back in Rebol 1.0 > > days, called continuations? > > > > Or maybe you don't need to solve such situation, as the whole stuff is > > pretty fast? Well, I tried rather complex db queries and I can handle 3 > > requests per second, what is more - odbc connection is blocking, so untill > > you get your query result back, you simply wait. > > > > It will be even easier, if 3.0 introduces more i/o granularity and ability > > to influence connection/disconnection phases, so maybe it will be possible > > to wait some 0.1 sec for connection, and if Rugby server would be busy, > > discard it, and try to connect to another one. > > > > Anyway, - thanks for your description. btw: are you working on any > improved > > docs? It would be great to see Rugby mentioned on RT's website. What is > > planned for next Rugby release? > > > > Thanks, > > -pekr- > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
