From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-04-17T10:20:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Libraries (was Re: Re:)

On Apr 16, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Austin Ziegler wrote:

> As I understand it, Ruby doesn't need Twisted, as it has a strong
> networking library built in. There is TCPServer, there is Webrick, and
> there are other items, too.

This isn't the same, in my opinion.

The Socket/Server classes are very low level.  GServer is more of a 
high-level approach but assumes Ruby's non-native threads are all you 
need for server IO and that's really only true in simple applications.  
Remember, a large write is all it takes to halt the entire Ruby 
process.

Also remember that POE/Twisted include event loop implementations.  
That can be quite handy.

I personally would love to see the Ruby equivalent of POE/Twisted.  
Might push us into the server world a bit more...

> I may look at what Twisted really offers and write something up that
> shows what Ruby does that may duplicate Twisted.

I would love to see you're opinion of why it isn't needed, as long as 
we can debate it a little.  :)

James Edward Gray II