From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-08-17T11:41:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] ruby queue : rq-0.1.2

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Shashank Date wrote:

>
> "Shashank Date" <sdate@everestkc.net> wrote in message
>> If and when we start using it, I will be able to contribute towards:
>>
>> 0. GUI Console,
>> 1. dynamic load-balancer
>> 2. rudimentary work-flow engine
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Forgot to add a link which lists some W/F engines out there:
> http://jbpm.org/article.html#wftk

i did something like this once:

   http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/flow/

thanks for the link.

the biggest issue in cluster flows, i think, is HOW to collect the exit status
w/o polling...  this is especially true w/my design since there is no central
brain (controlling process).  this is one of the disadvantages of a
decentralized system - but, i think, the advantages outweigh this and other
negatives.

cheers.

-a
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