[REBOL] Re: Rugby RIM?
From: gchiu:compkarori at: 23-Sep-2001 22:35
On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:15:34 +0200
"Maarten Koopmans" <[m--koopmans2--chello--nl]> wrote:
> This is correct. A rexec is a blocking call. Using
> /deferred may help, but
> then you have to poll later.
Well, it seems to be better than expected running on my
ISP's box. Don't know how long it will be active before it
dies.
You can try it out using my modified RIM client at
http://www.compkarori.co.nz/reb/gorim2.r
userid: whatever
password: test
> What I was thinking is to have all RIM being both server
> and client: then
> clients send each other messages by calling functions on
> each other. As the
> connection is already established for a server, the
> receiving party will
> hardly notice any blocking behaviour. And if you are
> sending stuff it is not
> as bad if you have to wait a little. You can cut the
> waiting time while
> sending by using the /oneway refinement.
That was my original thought. And what I tried initially
not realising I had to use Rugby-view. But I was wondering
how well it would scale ... so tried the single server side
approach first.
--
Graham Chiu
