From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2007-04-12T07:37:19+09:00
Subject: Re: How come this doesn't work?

On 11 Apr 2007, at 22:34, Hey You wrote:
> Jason Roelofs wrote:
>> On 4/11/07, Hey You <r3madi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> --
>>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>> Dealing with the HTTP protocol is not a good way to learn how to use
>> Sockets. Work with your own little socket server and client if you
>> really
>> want to know how to do low-level networking.
>>
>> And PLEASE go change your password NOW. and don't go posting it  
>> again.
>>
>> Jason
> I will but do you recommend another to access the web that is as  
> fast as
> sockets?

I admire your desire to do this stuff at the lowest possible level -  
it's a great way to learn. However I take task with your belief that  
direct socket programming will be faster than using an HTTP wrapper  
library: the round-trip cost of any network communication is orders- 
of-magnitude greater than the runtime overhead of using even loosely- 
written interpreted code and is the primary limitation on the 'speed'  
of your code.


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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