From: Ivan Shevanski <ocelot117@...>
Date: 2009-09-11T04:48:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Asynchronous http POST?

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>>> two posts in the background constantly. From what I've read, ruby
>> 
>> Ivan-
>> 
>>     This is a perfect job for eventmachine and em-http-request. You can 
>> run as many async http requests as you want without blocking and handle 
>> the results with callback blocks.
> 
> In small scale cases (such as a simple client) is there any reason not
> to use threads? EM just seems like overkill for a fairly simple client.

Apparently, since control is not returned to the interpreter, when one 
thread waits the other(s) will not continue. At least that's my 
understanding.
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