From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2007-09-03T23:29:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Blocking UDP recv() interaction with select()

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On 9/2/07, Mark Zvilius <zvilius@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I want to use Ruby for a UDP server application under Windows XP. I
> intend to use two threads: one for a simple UI, and a separate thread
> for the UDP server (with blocking calls).
>
> As a proof of concept I wrote the following test code, whose intent is
> to wait for an incoming message, with the user able to press CTRL-C to
> terminate the "server."



Look at Ruby/EventMachine, which can solve your problem without threads.
Sync to the current head revision to get a recent addition which allows you
to respond to keyboard input.

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