From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2007-11-29T17:29:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Custom Protocol

On Nov 29, 2007 4:45 AM, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> wrote:
> On 2007-11-29 12:18 +0900 (Thu), thefed wrote:
>
> > On Nov 28, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Curt Sampson wrote:
> >
> > >Typically, protocols have state. So I'd start with as clear an
> > >expression of the protocol state machine as you can generate, and then
> > >see about twisting it into a DSL that can be implemented in Ruby.
> >
> > What do you mean by state machine?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_machine
>
> For a typical protocol, you might have states such as:
>
>     - Idle
>     - Sent start message, waiting for response
>     - Connection running but idle
>     - Message sent, waiting for response,
>
> And you'd move between various states based on the packets you send.
>
> I will send you (off-list) an example of a state machine described in a
> DSL embedded in Ruby.

I would like to see that example on-list, or at least be part of the off-list
conversation, if possible :-).

Thanks,

Jesus.