[REBOL] Re: beta of async:// xml-rpc
From: maarten:vrijheid at: 26-Feb-2004 8:10
>Does this mean we are now *very* close to having an http server which can
>run Vanilla and be installed and started on the fly anywhere ?
>And that with rebXR in the mix, we can now invoke Vanilla methods [special
>dynascripts]or any other server-side rebol functions?
>And act as a possible replacement for Colin Moock's Unity server?
>http://www.moock.org/unity/
>
Yes, the generic HTTP server with Reblet support is next. It always
takes more time than you expect, but if you got a REBOL interpreter
you'll have a HTTP 1.1 web server. With Reblet support and this version
of XML-RPC built-in.
>I am sorry if I am still not quite getting it, but I think this is all very
>exciting news. However I confess I still don't yet understand your async://
>references or the implications of al that.
>Guess I just need a few more simple examples...
>
async:// server is just faster, nothing more. async:// clients allow you
to make a call and continue immediately. When the result is received a
specified function is handed that result (this is the callback). For
example, you'd fetch a user-list on start up and populate the GUI with
the users once the call is completed. In the meantime you're not just
waiting, but other things can happen.
--Maarten
(who will write docs ;-)
