[REBOL] Re: ANN: Rugby XPi beta1
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 24-Jan-2002 21:55
Maarten Koopmans wrote:
>All,
>
>I am pleased to announce the beta1 of Rugby XPi.
>
>Get it at http://www.rebolforces.com/~erebol/rugbyxpi_b1.tar.gz
>
>This mail is the README so....
>
>I have added the following functions:
>
>functions? ; return a function list
>ping ;alive?
>add-functions ; add a block of functions from the service
>remove-functions; remove a block of functions from the service
>exec-code; execute a block of code in the service
>start-profiling; start the profiler on the served functions
>profile-data; return the profiled data
>reset-profiler; reset the profiler info
>set-pass-phrase; set the password for the above functions
>
>All of the functions require a password, defaults to "welcome"
>These functions lay the foundation for mobile code and a module system.
>
>The profiler is Frank Sievertsen's FX5 profiler in a modified form.
>
>So typically you'd do
>set-pass-phrase "more secret"
>serve [echo]
>
>>From a client side you can now:
>demo: context get-rugby-service tcp://localhost:8001
>p: "more secret"
>demo/functions? p
>demo/start-profiling p
>demo/exec-code p [ echo2: does [ return "Hello"]]
>
what about changing the name to eval-code? if it only defines function
echo2, it could confuse some user (non englismans as me :-), as I
initially thought it is another option for rexec ....
>demo/add-functions p [echo2]
>;update the local code
>demo: context get-rugby-service tcp://localhost:8001
>
>demo/echo2
>print demo/profile-data
>
Another two questions:
- probably my problem, but I always do typo - I type get-rugby-serviceS
instaed of get-rugby-service - Is "service" correct in english? Or do we
want to get more "services"? :-)
- have you considered my suggestion of using compressed delivery of
stubs? (get-rugby-service) - I remember the difference for GoRim of
some 47 vs 6KB of code ...
- also - with non XPi versions of Rugby I found a little bit difficult
to remember exact combination of your function names -
meaning-meaning-meaning-meaning - two similar functions with swapped
order of name-words .... I suggested earlier to have basic function
name, and using refinements for various combinations, e.g. instead of:
get-result
get-secured-result
to use:
get-result
get-result/secured
... as order of refinements is not important ...
We are still in early phase of development, so let's change it before
whole world uses Rugby :-)
>What's next?
>- Adding a module system, module exchange and migration.
>- XML-RPC is already/still included. Load balancing may follow.
>
Will it move into separate module/upper-layer?
>Graphical tools for management of services
>
>I also fixed some bugs in the secure layer when starting http transport on
>the non-default port.
>
Cool. Really cool Maarten.
-pekr-