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On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 7:31 PM Stefan Schwarzer <sschwar...@sschwarzer.net> wrote: > On 2021-12-30 21:33, 'Wayne Harris' via Racket Users wrote: > > I'm considering writing a manager for background processes --- such as > send a batch of e-mail or other process that takes a while to finish --- > for a web system. > > > > I see the challenge here as just writing something that will look like a > > very basic UNIX shell --- so I'll call it ``web-api-shell'' from now on. > > (``Web'' because it will be used by a web system through some HTTP API.) > > > > This thing has to be flawless. I'm looking for design principles and > advice. > > [...] > > Have you looked at existing task queues and message brokers? > I guess they can already give you a part of the robustness > you're looking for. It would be a pity to reinvent the wheel, > especially since it will probably be quite difficult and > time-consuming to implement this robustness yourself. > > But it might as well be that I misunderstand your requirements. > :-) > > Stefan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/ddeb9170-6273-34be-ec6d-7edc8b3a4146%40sschwarzer.net > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAE8gKodc9w5wj5EksihxQGm%3Dc_%3D7vrkpD8iJtpmHrE6UATqKaA%40mail.gmail.com.
