From: Raj Sahae <rajsahae@...>
Date: 2007-02-22T05:58:37+09:00
Subject: Re: need help with a general concept

Thanks for the info.  I probably should have read a little more through 
the library, I could have found those things myself.  Just in case 
anyone else is interested, I did find a little more detailed intro to 
DRb at http://chadfowler.com/ruby/drb.html

Raj

Tim Pease wrote:
> On 2/20/07, Raj Sahae <rajsahae@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm trying to make an application with the following properties:
>> It uses FXRuby
>> It's a multiplayer turn based card game
>> Played over a network, or the internet
>> Players may play cards during other players turns
>> Players may manipulate their own components at any time
>> Players can make requests for info on any other players components at
>> any time
>>
>> I originally planned to use threading, but I didn't know that Ruby
>> blocked IO in threads.  Is there a better way to implement this type of
>> game than using threads and sockets?  I am somewhat new to ruby, I
>> wouldn't consider myself an average ability ruby coder yet.  How should
>> I go about this?
>>
>
> Two things to look into would be DRb and Rinda.  Eric Hodel has a nice
> writeup about both on his segment7 blog.
>
> http://segment7.net/projects/ruby/drb/index.html
>
> DRb stands for Distributed Ruby and Rinda is the Ruby implementation
> of a TupleSpace. The TupleSpace would be used to hold all the
> information about the current game state, and DRb would be used by the
> clients to communicate with one another.
>
> Have fun with the project.
>
> Blessings,
> TwP
>
>